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[CHAPTER 753]AN ACT

1S .21771 To provide for increased efficiency in the legislative branch of the Government .[Public Law 601]

August 2, 1946

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of the District of Columbia . The word "appropriation" shall beconstrued as including funds made available by legislation undersection 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, approvedDecember 6, 1945 .

SEC . 19. Sections 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 14, and 15 of this Act shall not applyto persons whose pay and allowances are established by the PayReadjustment Act of 1942 .

SEC . 20. Sections 1 and 2 of this Act shall become effective on thefirst day of the third calendar month following the enactment hereof .Approved August 2, 1946 .

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States o f America in Congress assembled,

SHORT TITLE

That (a) this Act, divided into titles and sections according to thefollowing table of contents, may be cited as the "Legislative Reor-ganization Act of 1946"

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE I-CHANGES IN RULES OF SENATE AND HOUSE

See. 101 . Rule-making power of the Senate and House .

PART 1-STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE

Sec. 102 . Standing committees of the Senate .Committee on Agriculture and Forestry .Committee on Appropriations .Committee on Armed Services.Committee on Banking and Currency.Committee on Civil Service.Committee on the District of Columbia .Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments .Committee on Finance.Committee on Foreign Relations .Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.Committee on the Judiciary .Committee on Labor and Public Welfare .Committee on Public Lands .Committee on Public Works .Committee on Rules and Administration .

Sec. 103. Appropriations .

PART 2-RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTAIIVas

Sec. 121. Standing committees of the House of Representatives .Committee on Agriculture .Committee on Appropriations.Committee on Armed Services .Committee on Banking and Currency .Committee on Post Office and Civil Service .Committee on the District of Columbia .Committee on Education and Labor .Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments.Committee on Foreign Affairs .Committee on House Administration .Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce .Committee on the Judiciary.Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries .Committee on Public Lands .Committee on Public Works.

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Committee on Rules .Committee on Un-American Activities .Committee on Veterans' Affairs .Committee on Ways and Means .

Sec . 122 . De]egates and Resident Commissioner .Sec. 123 . Reference of Private Claims Bills .

PART 3-PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO BOTH HOUSES

Sec . 131 . Private bills banned.Sec. 132. Congressional adjournment.Sec. 133 . Committee procedure .Sec. 134. Committee powers.See . 135. Conference rules on amendments in nature of substitute.Sec . 136. Legislative oversight by standing committees.Sec. 137. Decisions on questions of committee jurisdiction .Sec . 138. Legislative Budget .Sec. 139 . Hearings and reports by Appropriations Committees .Sec . 140 . Records of Congress.See . 141 . Preservation of committee hearings .Sec . 142. Effective date.

TITLE II-MISCELLANEOUS

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PART 1-STATUTORY PROVISIONS RELATING TO CONGRESSIONAL PERSONNEL

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Sec. 201 . Increase in compensation for certain Congressiona] officers .Sec . 202 . Committee staffs .See . 203 . Legislative Reference Service.Sec. 204. Office of the Legislative Counsel .Sec . 205 . Studies by Comptroller General .See . 206 . Expenditure analyses by Comptroller General .Sec. 207 . Correction of Military and Naval Records .

PART 2-STATUTORY PROVISIONS RELATING TO COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS

Sec. 221 . Improvement of Congressiona] Record .Sec. 222. Joint Committee on Printing .Sec . 223 . Joint Committee on the Library .Sec. 224. Transfer of functions .Sec . 225. Joint Committee on the Economic Report .Sec . 226 . Economic Report of the President.

PART 3-PROVISIONS RELATING TO CAPITOL AND PAGES

Sec . 241 . Remodeling of caucus rooms and restaurants .Sec . 242 . Assignment of Capitol space .Sec. 243 . Senate and House pages .Sec. 244. Authorization of appropriations and personnel .Sec. 245 . Effective date.

TITLE III-REGULATION OF LOBBYING ACT

Sec. 301 . Short title.Sec . 302. Definitions .Sec . 303 . Detailed accounts of contributions .Sec. 304. Receipts for cgntributions.Sec . 305 . Statements to be filed with Clerk of House .Sec . 306 . Statement preserved for two years.Sec . 307 . Persons to whom applicable .Sec . 308 . Registration with Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House .Sec. 309 . Reports and statements to be made under oath .Sec. 310. Penalties.Sec. 311 . Exemption .

TITLE IV-FEDERAL TORT CLAIMS ACT

PART 1-SHORT TITLE AND DEFINITIONS

See . 403. Claims of $1,000 or less.Sec . 404. Reports .

Sec. 401 . Short title .See. 402. Definitions .PART 2-ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUSTMENT OF TORT CLAIMS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES

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PART 3-SUITS ON TORT CLAIMS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES

See . 410. Jurisdiction .See. 411 . Procedure.See. 412. Review.See. 413. Compromise.

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PART 4 -PROVISIONS OOMMON TO PART 2 AND PART 3See. 420. One year statute of limitations .Sec. 421 . Exceptions.Sec. 499, Attorneys' fees .Sec. 423. Exclusiveness of remedy .Sec. 424 . Certain statutes inapplicable .

Time V-GENERAL BRIDGE ACT

Sec. 501 . Short title.Sec. 502. Consent of Congress.Sec. 503. Tolls .Sec. 504. Acquisition by public agencies .Sec. 505. Statements of cost .Sec. 506 . Sinking fund .Sec. 507. Applicability of title .Sec. 508. International bridges.Sec. 509. Eminent domain .Sec. 510 . Penalties .Sec. 511. Rights reserved .

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TITLE VI-COMPENSATION AND RETIREMENT PAY OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS

Sec. 601 . Compensation of Members of Congress .Sec. 602. Retirement pay of Members of Congress .

SEPARABILITY CLAUSE

(b) If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to anyperson or circumstances is held invalid, the validity of the remainderof the Act and of the application of such provision to other personsand circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

TITLE I-CHANGES IN RULES OF SENATE AND HOUSERULE-MAKING POWER OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE

SEC. 101. The following sections of this title are enacted by theCongress

(a) As an exercise of the rule-making power of the Senate and theHouse of Representatives, respectively, and as such they shall be con-sidered as part of the rules of each House, respectively, or of that Houseto which they specifically apply ; and such rules shall supersede otherrules only to the extent that they are inconsistent therewith ; and

(b) With full recognition of the constitutional right of either Houseto change such rules (so far as relating to the procedure in such House)at any time, in the same manner and to the same extent as in the caseof any other rule of such House .

PART 1-STANDING RULES OF T.Hr: SENATE

STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE

SEC . 102. Rule XXV of the Standing Rules of the Senate is amendedto read as follows

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"RULE XXV

"STANDING COMMITTFFS

"(1) The following standing committees shall be appointed at thecommencement of each Congress, with leave to report by bill or other-wise"(a) Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, to consist of thirteen

Senators, to which committee shall be referred all proposed legislation,messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the fol-lowing subjects :

"1. Agriculture generally ."2. Inspection of livestock and meat products ."3. Animal industry and diseases of animals ."4. Adulteration of seeds, insect pests, and protection of birds and

animals in forest reserves ."5. Agricultural colleges and experiment stations ."6. Forestry in general, and forest reserves other than those created

from the public domain ."7. Agricultural economics and research ."8. Agricultural and industrial chemistry."9. Dairy industry ."10. Entomology and plant quarantine ."11. Human nutrition and home economics ."12. Plant industry, soils, and agricultural engineering ."13. Agricultural educational extension services ."14. Extension of farm credit and farm security ."15. Rural electrification ."16. Agricultural production and marketing and stabilization of

prices of agricultural products ."17. Crop insurance and soil conservation."(b) Committee on Appropriations, to consist of twenty-one Sena-

tors, to which committee shall be referred all proposed legislation,messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to thefollowing subjects :"1. Appropriation of the revenue for the support of the Government ."(c) Committee on Armed Services, to consist of thirteen Senators,

to which committee shall be referred all proposed legislation, messages,petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the followingsubjects

"1 . Common defense generally ."2. The War Department and the Military Establishment generally ."3. The Navy Department and the Naval Establishment generally ."4. Soldiers' and sailors' homes ."5. Pay, promotion, retirement, and other benefits and privileges

of members of the armed forces."6. Selective service ."7. Size and composition of the Army and Navy."8. Forts, arsenals, military reservations, and navy yards."9. Ammunition depots ."10. Maintenance and operation of the Panama Canal, including

the administration, sanitation, and government of the Canal Zone ."11 . Conservation, development, and use of naval petroleum and oil

shale reserves ."12. Strategic and critical materials necessary for the common

defense ."(d) Committee on Banking and Currency, to consist of thirteen

Senators, to which committee shall be referred all proposed legislation,

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Committee on Ap-propriations .

Committee onArmed Services .

Committee onBanking and Cur-rency.

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Committee on theDistrict of Columbia .

Committee on Ex-penditures in the Ex-ecutive Departments .

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messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to thefollowing subjects :

"1. Banking and currency generally ."2. Financial aid to commerce and industry, other than matters

relating to such aid which are specifically assigned to other com-mittees under this rule .

4% . Deposit insurance."4. Public and private housing ."5. Federal Reserve System."6. Gold and silver, including the coinage thereof."7. Issuance of notes and redemption thereof."8. Valuation and revaluation of the dollar ."9. Control of prices of commodities, rents, or services ."(e) Committee on Civil Service, to consist of thirteen Senators, to

which committee shall be referred all proposed legislation, messages,petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the followingsubjects

"1. The Federal civil service generally ."2. The status of officers and employees of the United States, includ-

ing their compensation, classification, and retirement ."3. The postal service generally, including the railway mail service,

and measures relating to ocean mail and pneumatic-tube service ; butexcluding post roads.

"4. Postal-savings banks ."5. Census and the collection of statistics generally ."6. The National Archives."(f) Committee on the District of Columbia, to consist of thirteen

Senators, to which committee shall be referred all proposed legislation,messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to thefollowing subjects :

"1. All measures relating to the municipal affairs of the District ofColumbia in general, other than appropriations therefor, including-

"2. Public health and safety, sanitation, and quarantine regulations ."3. Regulation of sale of intoxicating liquors ."4. Adulteration of food and drugs ."5. Taxes and tax sales."6. Insurance, executors, administrators, wills, and divorce ."7. Municipal and juvenile courts ."8. Incorporation and organization of societies ."9. Municipal code and amendments to the criminal and corporation

laws ."(g) (1) Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Depart-

ments, to consist of thirteen Senators, to which committee shall bereferred all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, andother matters relating to the following subjects :"(A) Budget and accounting measures, other than appropriations ."(B) Reorganizations in the executive branch of the Government ."(2) Such committee shall have the duty of-

"(A) receiving and examining reports of the ComptrollerGeneral of the United States and of submitting such recommen-dations to the Senate as it deems necessary or desirable in con-nection with the subject matter of such reports ;"(B) studying the operation of Government activities at all

levels with a view to determining its economy and efficiency ;"(C) evaluating the effects of laws enacted to reorganize the

legislative and executive branches of the Government ;"(D) studying intergovernmental relationships between the

United States and the States and municipalities, and between the

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United States and international organizations of which the UnitedStates is a member.

"(h) Committee on Finance, to consist of thirteen Senators, towhich committee shall be referred all proposed legislation, messages,petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the followingsubjects

"1. Revenue measures generally ."2. The bonded debt of the United States ."3. The deposit of public moneys ."4. Customs, collection districts, and ports of entry and delivery ."5. Reciprocal trade agreements."6. Transportation of dutiable goods ."7. Revenue measures relating to the insular possessions ."8. Tariffs and import quotas, and matters related thereto ."9. National social security ."10. Veterans' measures generally."11. Pensions of all the wars of the United States, general and

special ."12. Life insurance issued by the Government on account of service

in the armed forces ."13. Compensation of veterans."(i) Committee on Foreign Relations, to consist of thirteen Sena-

tors, to which committee shall be referred all proposed legislation,messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to thefollowing subjects :

"I. Relations of the United States with foreign nations generally ."2. Treaties ."3. Establishment of boundary lines between the United States and

foreign nations ."4. Protection of American citizens abroad and expatriation ."5. Neutrality ."6. International conferences and congresses."7. The American National Red Cross ."8. Intervention abroad and declarations of war."9. Measures relating to the diplomatic service ."10. Acquisition of land and buildings for embassies and legations

in foreign countries ."11. Measures to foster commercial intercourse with foreign nations

and to safeguard American business interests abroad ."12. United Nations Organization and international financial and

monetary organizations ."13. Foreign loans."(j) Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, to consist

of thirteen Senators, to which committee shall be referred all proposedlegislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relatingto the following subjects :

"1 . Interstate and foreign commerce generally ."2. Regulation of interstate railroads, busses, trucks, and pipe lines ."3. Communication by telephone, telegraph, radio, and television."4. Civil aeronautics."5 . Merchant marine generally ."6. Registering and licensing of vessels and small boats ."7. Navigation and the laws relating thereto, including pilotage ."8. Rules and international arrangements to prevent collisions at

sea ."9. Merchant marine officers and seamen ."10. Measures relating to the regulation of common carriers by water

and to the inspection of merchant marine vessels, lights and signals,life-saving equipment, and fire protection on such vessels .

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I'11. Coast and Geodetic Survey ."12. The Coast Guard, including life-saving service, lighthouses,

lightships, and ocean derelicts ."13. The United States Coast Guard and Merchant Marine

Academies."14. Weather Bureau ."15. Except as provided in paragraph (c), the Panama Canal and

interoceanic canals generally ."16. Inland waterways ."17. Fisheries and wildlife, including research, restoration, refuges,

and conservation."18. Bureau of Standards including standarization of weights and

measures and the metric system ."(k) Committee on the Judiciary, to consist of thirteen Senators,

to which committee shall be referred all proposed legislation . messages.petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the followingsubjects

"1. Judicial proceedings, civil and criminal, generally."2. Constitutional amendments ."3. Federal courts and judges ."4. Local courts in the Territories and possessions ."5. Revision and codification of the statutes of the United States ."6. National penitentiaries ."7. Protection of trade and commerce against unlawful restraints

and monopolies ."8. Holidays and celebrations ."9. Bankruptcy, mutiny, espionage, and counterfeiting ."10. State and Territorial boundary lines ."11. Meetings of Congress, attendance of Members, and their

acceptance of incompatible offices ."12. Civil liberties ."13. Patents, copyrights, and trade-marks ."14. Patent Office ."15. Immigration and naturalization ."16. Apportionment of Representatives ."17. Measures relating to claims against the United States ."18. Interstate compacts generally ."(1) Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, to consist of thirteen

Senators, to which committee shall be referred all proposed legisla-tion, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to thefollowing subjects :

"1. Measures relating to education, labor, or public welfare gen-erally.

"2. Mediation and arbitration of labor disputes ."3. Wages and hours of labor ."4. Convict labor and the entry of goods made by convicts into

interstate commerce ."5. Regulation or prevention of importation of foreign laborers

under contract ."6. Child labor."7. Labor statistics ."8. Labor standards ."9. School-lunch program ."10. Vocational rehabilitation."11. Railroad labor and railroad retirement and unemployment,

except revenue measures relating thereto ."12. United States Employees' Compensation Commission ."13. Columbia Institution for the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind ; Howard

University ; Freedmen's Hospital ; and Saint Elizabeth's Hospital .

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"14. Public health and quarantine."15. Welfare of miners ."16. Vocational rehabilitation and education of veterans ."17. Veterans' hospitals, medical care and treatment of veterans ."18. Soldiers' and sailors' civil relief ."19. Readjustment of servicemen to civil life ."(m) Committee on Public Lands, to consist of thirteen Senators,

to which committee shall be referred all proposed legislation, mes-sages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the follow-ing subjects :

"1. Public lands generally, including entry, easements, and grazingthereon .

"2. Mineral resources of the public lands."3. Forfeiture of land grants and alien ownership, including alien

ownership of mineral lands ."4. Forest reserves and national parks created from the public

domain ."5. Military parks and battlefields, and national cemeteries ."6. Preservation of prehistoric ruins and objects of interest on the

public domain ."7. Measures relating generally to Hawaii, Alaska, and the insular

possessions of the United States, except those affecting their revenueand appropriations ."8. Irrigation and reclamation, including water supply for reclama-

tion projects, and easements of public lands for irrigation projects ."9. Interstate compacts relating to apportionment of waters for

irrigation purposes ."10. Mining interests generally ."11. Mineral land laws and claims and entries thereunder."12. Geological survey ."13. Mining schools and experimental stations ."14. Petroleum conservation and conservation of the radium supply

in the United States ."15. Relations of the United States with the Indians and the Indian

tribes ."16. Measures relating to the care, education, and management of

Indians, including the care and allotment of Indian lands and generaland special measures relating to claims which are paid out of Indianfunds.

"(n) The Committee on Public Works, to consist of thirteen Sena-tors, to which committee shall be referred all proposed legislation,messages, petitions, memorials and other matters relating to the follow-ing subjects :

"1. Flood control and improvement of rivers and harbors ."2. Public works for the benefit of navigation, and bridges and

dams (other than international bridges and dams) ."3. Water power ."4. Oil and other pollution of navigable waters."5. Public buildings and occupied or improved grounds of the

United States generally ."6. Measures relating to the purchase of sites and construction of

post offices, customhouses, Federal courthouses, and Government build-ings within the District of Columbia .

"7. Measures relating to the Capitol building and the Senate andHouse Office Buildings .

"8. Measures relating to the construction or reconstruction, mainte-nance, and care of the buildings and grounds of the Botanic Gardens,the Library of Congress, and the Smithsonian Institution .

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Committee onRules and Adminis-tration .

Examination ofbills, etc .

Presentation toPresident.

Power to act .

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"9. Public reservations and parks within the District of Columbia,including Rock Creek Park and the Zoological Park .

"10. Measures relating to the construction or maintenance of roadsand post roads.

"(o) (1) Committee on Rules and Administration, to consist ofthirteen Senators, to which committee shall be referred all proposedlegislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relatingto the following subjects :" (A) Matters relating to the payment of money out of the contingent

fund of the Senate or creating a charge upon the same ; except thatany resolution relating to substantive matter within the jurisdic-tion of any other standing committee of the Senate shall be first referredto such committee ."(B) Except as provided in paragraph (n) 8, matters relating to

the Library of Congress and the Senate Library ; statuary and pic-tures ; acceptance or purchase of works of art for the Capitol ; theBotanic Gardens ; management of the Library of Congress ; purchaseof books and manuscripts ; erection of monuments to the memory ofindividuals."(C) Except as provided in paragraph (n) 8, matters relating to the

Smithsonian Institution and the incorporation of similar institutions ."(D) Matters relating to the election of the President, Vice Presi-

dent, or Members of Congress ; corrupt practices ; contested elections ;credentials and qualifications ; Federal elections generally ; Presi-dential succession."(E) Matters relating to parliamentary rules ; floor and gallery

rules ; Senate Restaurant ; administration of the Senate Office Build-ing and of the Senate Wing of the Capitol ; assignment of office space ;and services to the Senate."(F) Matters relating to printing and correction of the Congres-

sional Record ."(2) Such committee shall also have the duty of examining all bills,

amendments, and joint resolutions after passage by the Senate ; and,in cooperation with the Committee on House Administration of theHouse of Representatives, of examining all bills and joint resolutionswhich shall have passed both Houses, to see that the same are correctlyenrolled ; and when signed by the Speaker of the House and the Presi-dent of the Senate, shall forthwith present the same, when they shallhave originated in the Senate, to the President of the United States inperson, and report the fact and date of such presentation to the Sen-ate. Such committee shall also have the duty of assigning office spacein the Senate Wing of the Capitol and in the Senate Office Building.

"(3) Each standing committee shall continue and have the power toact until their successors are appointed .

"(3) Each standing committee is authorized to fix the number of itsmembers (but not less than one-third of its entire membership) whoshall constitute a quorum thereof for the transaction of such businessas may be considered by said committee, subject to the provisions ofsection 133 (d) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 .

"(4) Each Senator shall serve on two standing committees and nomore ; except that Senators of the majority party who are membersof the Committee on the District of Columbia or of the Committee onExpenditures in the Executive Departments may serve on three stand-ing committees and no more ."

APPROPRIATIONS

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"RULE XVI

"AMENDMENTS TO APPROPRIATION BILLS

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"1. All general appropriation bills shall be referred to the Com-mittee on Appropriations, and no amendments shall be received to Increase of appro-

any general appropriation bill the effect of which will be to increase priation ; new items.

an appropriation already contained in the bill, or to add a new itemof appropriation, unless it be made to carry out the provisions ofsome existing law, or treaty stipulation, or Act, or resolution pre-viously passed by the Senate during that session ; or unless the samebe moved by direction of a standing or select committee of the Senate,or proposed in pursuance of an estimate submitted in accordance withlaw .

"2. The Committee on Appropriations shall not report an appro- Amendments pro-posing new legisla-

priation bill containing amendments proposing new or general legis- t ion, etc „

lation or any restriction on the expenditure of the funds appropriatedwhich proposes a limitation not authorized by law if such restrictionis to take effect or cease to be effective upon the happening of acontingency, and if an appropriation bill is reported to the Senatecontaining amendments proposing new or general legislation or anysuch restriction, a point of order may be made against the bill, andif the point is sustained, the bill shall be recommitted to the Committeeon Appropriations .

"3. All amendments to general appropriation bills moved by direc-tion of a standing or select committee of the Senate, proposing toincrease an appropriation already contained in the bill, or to addnew items of appropriation, shall, at least one day before they areconsidered, be referred to the Committee on Appropriations, andwhen actually proposed to the bill no amendment proposing to increasethe amount stated in such amendment shall be received ; in like man- River and harborreceived ;

bills, post roads, etc .ner, amendments proposing new items of appropriation to river andharbor bills, establishing post roads, or proposing new post roads .shall, before being considered, be referred to the Committee on PublicWorks .

"4. No amendment which proposes general legislation shall be cyanoub e tnot rel-received to any general appropriation bill, nor shall any amendment etc .not germane or relevant to the subject matter contained in the billbe received ; nor shall any amendment to any item or clause of suchbill be received which does not directly relate thereto ; nor shall anyrestriction on the expenditure of the funds appropriated which pro-poses a limitation not authorized by law be received if such restrictionis to take effect or cease to be effective upon the happening of a con-tingency ; and all questions of relevancy of amendments under this Submission of ques-g

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tions of relevancy torule, when raised, shall be submitted to the Senate and be decided senate .

without debate ; and any such amendment or restriction to a generalappropriation bill may be laid on the table without prejudice to thebill .

"5. No amendment, the object of which is to provide for a private Private claim.

claim, shall be received to any general appropriation bill, unlessit be to carry out the provisions of an existing law or a treaty stipu-lation, which shall be cited on the face of the amendment .

"6 . a Three members of the following-named committees, to be Ex officio membersof Committee on Ap-

selected by their respective committees, shall be ex officio members propriations.

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specified in the following table opposite the name of the committeeis being considered by the Committee on Appropriations

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Purpose of AppropriationCommittee on Agriculture and For- For the Department of Agriculture.

estry.Committee on Civil ServiceFor the Post Office Department .Committee on Armed ServicesFor the Department of War ; for the

Department of the Navy .Committee on the District of Columbia_ For the District of Columbia .Committee on Public WorksFor Rivers and Harbors .Committee on Foreign RelationsFor the Diplomatic and Consular

Service."(b) At least one member of each committee enumerated in sub-

paragraph (a), to be selected by his or their respective committees,shall be a member of any conference committee appointed to conferwith the House upon the annual appropriation bill making appropria-tions for the purposes specified in the foregoing table opposite thename of his or their respective committee.

"7. When a point of order is made against any restriction on theexpenditure of funds appropriated in a general appropriation bill onthe ground that the restriction violates this rule, the rule shall beconstrued strictly and, in case of doubt, in favor of the point of order ."

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PART 2-RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEC. 121 . (a) Rule X of the Rules of the House of Representativesis amended to read as follows

"RULE X

"STANDING COMMITTEES

"(a) There shall be elected by the House, at the commencement ofeach Congress, the following standing committees

"1. Committee on Agriculture, to consist of twenty-seven Members."2. Committee on Appropriations, to consist of forty-three

Members."3. Committee on Armed Services, to consist of thirty-three

Members."4. Committee on Banking and Currency, to consist of twenty-seven

Members."5. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, to consist of

twenty-five Members ."6. Committee on the District of Columbia, to consist of twenty-

five Members."7. Committee on Education and Labor, to consist of twenty-five

Members ."8. Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments, to

consist of twenty-five Members ."9. Committee on Foreign Affairs, to consist of twenty-five Mem-

bers."10. Committee on House Administration, to consist of twenty-five

Members ."11. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, to consist of

twenty-seven Members ."12. Committee on the Judiciary, to consist of twenty-seven Mem-

bers ."13. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, to consist of

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"14. Committee on Public Lands, to consist of twenty-five Members ."15. Committee on Public Works, to consist of twenty-seven Mem-

bers ."16. Committee on Rules, to consist of twelve Members ."17. Committee on Un-American Activities, to consist of nine

Members ."18. Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to consist of twenty-seven

Members ."19. Committee on Ways and Means, to consist of twenty-five

Members ."(b) (1) The Speaker shall appoint all select and conference com-

mittees which shall be ordered by the House from time to time ."(2) At the commencement of each Congress, the House shall elect

as chairman of each standing committee one of the Members thereof ;in the temporary absence of the chairman, the Member next in rankin the order named in the election of the committee, and so on, as oftenas the case shall happen, shall act as chairman ; and in case of apermanent vacancy in the chairmanship of any such committee theHouse shall elect another chairman .

"(3) All vacancies in standing committees in the House shall befilled by election by the House. Each Member shall be elected to serveon one standing committee and no more ; except that Members who areelected to serve on the Committee on the District of Columbia or onthe Committee on Un-American Activities may be elected to serve ontwo standing committees and no more, and Members of the majorityparty who are elected to serve on the Committee on Expenditures inthe Executive Departments or on the Committee on House Administra-tion may be elected to serve on two standing committees and no more ."

(b) Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives isamended to read as follows

"RULE XI

"POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMITTEES

"(1) All proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, andother matters relating to the subjects listed under the standing com-mittees named below shall be referred to such committees, respectively :Provided, That unless otherwise provided herein, any matter withintheshall

of a standing committee prior to January 2, 1947,shall remain subject to the jurisdiction of that committee or of theconsolidated committee succeeding generally to the jurisdiction of thatcommittee .

"(a) Committee on Agriculture."1. Agriculture generally ."2. Inspection of livestock and meat products ."3. Animal industry and diseases of animals ."4. Adulteration of seeds, insect pests, and protection of birds and

animals in forest reserves ."5. Agricultural colleges and experiment stations ."6. Forestry in general, and forest reserves other than those created

from the public domain ."7. Agricultural economics and research ."8. Agricultural and industrial chemistry ."9. Dairy industry ."10. Entomology and plant quarantine."11. Human nutrition and home economics ."12. Plant industry, soils, and agricultural engineering ."13. Agricultural educational extension services .

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"14. Extension of farm credit and farm security ."15. Rural electrification ."16. Agricultural production and marketing and stabilization of

prices of agricultural products ."17. Crop insurance and soil conservation."(b) Committee on Appropriations."1. Appropriation of the revenue for the support of the Government ."(c) Committee on Armed Services ."1. Common defense generally ."2. The War Department and the Military Establishment gen-

erally ."3. The Navy Department and the Naval Establishment generally ."4. Soldiers' and sailors' homes."5. Pay, promotion, retirement, and other benefits and privileges

of members of the armed forces ."6. Selective service ."7. Size and composition of the Army and Navy."8. Forts, arsenals, military reservations, and navy yards ."9. Ammunition depots."10. Conservation, development, and use of naval petroleum and

oil shale reserves ."11 . Strategic and critical materials necessary for the common de-

fense ."12. Scientific research and development in support of the armed

services."(d) Committee on Banking and Currency ."1. Banking and currency generally ."2. Financial aid to commerce and industry, other than matters

relating to such aid which are specifically assigned to other com-mittees under this rule.

"3. Deposit insurance ."4. Public and private housing ."5. Federal Reserve System ."6. Gold and silver, including the coinage thereof ."7. Issuance of notes and redemption thereof."8. Valuation and revaluation of the dollar ."9. Control of prices of commodities, rents, or services ."(e) Committee on Post Office and Civil Service ."1. The Federal civil service generally ."2. The status of officers and employees of the United States, includ-

ing their compensation, classification, and retirement ."3. The postal service generally, including the railway mail service,

and measures relating to ocean mail and pneumatic-tube service ; butexcluding post roads .

"4. Postal-savings banks ."5. Census and the collection of statistics generally ."6. The National Archives ."(f) Committee on the District of Columbia ."1. All measures relating to the municipal affairs of the District

of Columbia in general, other than appropriations therefor,including-

"2. Public health and safety, sanitation, and quarantine regulations ."3. Regulation of sale of intoxicating liquors ."4. Adulteration of food and drugs ."5. Taxes and tax sales ."6. Insurance, executors, administrators, wills, and divorce ."7. Municipal and juvenile courts ."8. Incorporation and organization of societies ."9. Municipal code and amendments to the criminal and corporation

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"(g) Committee on Education and Labor ."1. Measures relating to education or labor generally."2. Mediation and arbitration of labor disputes."3. Wages and hours of labor ."4. Convict labor and the entry of goods made by convicts into

interstate commerce."5. Regulation or prevention of importation of foreign laborers

under contract ."6. Child labor."7. Labor statistics ."8. Labor standards."9. School-lunch program."10. Vocational rehabilitation."11. United States Employees' Compensation Commission."12. Columbia Institution for the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind ; Howard

University ; Freedmen's Hospital ; and Saint Elizabeths Hospital ."13. Welfare of miners ."(h) (1) Committee on Expenditures in the Executive De-

partments ."(A) Budget and accounting measures, other than appropriations ."(B) Reorganizations in the executive branch of the Government ."(2) Such committee shall have the duty of-

"(A) receiving and examining reports of the ComptrollerGeneral of the United States and of submitting such recom-mendations to the House as it deems necessary or desirable in con-nection with the subject matter of such reports ;"(B) studying the operation of Government activities at all

levels with a view to determining its economy and efficiency ;"(C) evaluating the effects of laws enacted to reorganize the

legislative and executive branches of the Government ;"(D) studying intergovernmental relationships between the

United States and the States and municipalities, and betweenthe United States and international organizations of which theUnited States is a member .

"(i) Committee on Foreign Affairs ."1. Relations of the United States with foreign nations generally ."2. Establishment of boundary lines between the United States

and foreign nations ."3. Protection of American citizens abroad and expatriation ."4. Neutrality."5. International conferences and congresses ."6. The American National Red Cross ."7. Intervention abroad and declarations of war."8. Measures relating to the diplomatic service ."9. Acquisition of land and buildings for embassies and legations

in foreign countries."10. Measures to foster commercial intercourse with foreign nations

and to safeguard American business interests abroad ."11. United Nations Organization and international financial and

monetary organizations ."12. Foreign loans ."(j) (1) Committee on House Administration ."(A) Employment of persons by the House, including clerks for

Members and committees, and reporters of debates ."(B) Expenditure of the contingent fund of the House ."(C) The auditing and settling of all accounts which may be

charged to the contingent fund ."(D) Measures relating to accounts of the House generally ."(E) Appropriations from the contingent fund ."(F) Measures relating to services to the House, including the

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House Restaurant and administration of the House Office Buildingsand of the House wing of the Capitol ."(G) Measures relating to the travel of Members of the House ."(H) Measures relating to the assignment of office space for Mem-

bers and committees ."(I) Measures relating to the disposition of useless executive

papers ."(J) Except as provided in paragraph (o) 8, matters relating to

the Library of Congress and the House Library ; statuary and pic-tures ; acceptance or purchase of works of art for the Capitol ; theBotanic Gardens ; management of the Library of Congress ; purchaseof books and manuscripts ; erection of monuments to the memory ofindividuals ."(K) Except as provided in paragraph (o) 8, matters relating to

the Smithsonian Institution and the incorporation of similar insti-tutions .

"(L) Matters relating to printing and correction of the Congres-sional Record ."(M) Measures relating to the election of the President, Vice Presi-

dent, or Members of Congress ; corrupt practices ; contested elections ;credentials and qualifications ; and Federal elections generally.

"(2) Such committee shall also have the duty of-"(A) examining all bills, amendments, and joint resolution

after passage by the House ; and in cooperation with the SenateCommittee on Rules and Administration, of examining all billsand joint resolutions which shall have passed both Houses, to seethat they are correctly enrolled ; and when signed by the Speakerof the House and the President of the Senate, shall forthwithpresent the same, when they shall have originated in the House,to the President of the United States in person, and report thefact and date of such presentation to the House ;"(B) reporting to the Sergeant at Arms of the House the travel

of Members of the House ;"(C) arranging a suitable program for each day observed by

the House of Representatives as a memorial day in memory ofMembers of the Senate and House of Representatives who havedied during the preceding period, and to arrange for the publica-tion of the proceedings thereof,

"(k) Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce ."1. Interstate and foreign commerce generally ."2. Regulation of interstate and foreign transportation, except

transportation by water not subject to the jurisdiction of the InterstateCommerce Commission .

"3. Regulation of interstate and foreign communications ."4. Civil aeronautics ."5. Weather bureau ."6. Interstate oil compacts ; and petroleum and natural gas, except

on the public lands ."7. Securities and exchanges ."8. Regulation of interstate transmission of power, except the

installation of connections between Government water power projects ."9. Railroad labor and railroad retirement and unemployment,

except revenue measures relating thereto ."10. Public health and quarantine ."11. Inland waterways ."12. Bureau of Standards, standardization of weights and measures,

and the metric system ."(1) Committee on the Judiciary."1. Judicial proceedings, civil and criminal, generally."2. Constitutional amendments.

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"3. Federal courts and judges ."4. Local courts in the Territories and possessions ."5. Revision and codification of the statutes of the United States ."6. National penitentiaries."7. Protection of trade and commerce against unlawful restraints

and monopolies ."8. Holidays and celebrations ."9. Bankruptcy, mutiny, espionage, and counterfeiting ."10. State and Territorial boundary lines ."11 . Meetings of Congress, attendance of Members, and their

acceptance of incompatible offices ."12. Civil liberties ."13. Patents, copyrights, and trade-marks ."14. Patent Office."15. Immigration and naturalization ."16. Apportionment of Representatives."17. Measures relating to claims against the United States ."18. Interstate compacts generally ."19. Presidential succession ."(m) Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries ."1. Merchant marine generally ."2. Registering and licensing of vessels and small boats ."3. Navigation and the laws relating thereto, including pilotage."4. Rules and international arrangements to prevent collisions at

sea ."5. Merchant marine officers and seamen ."6. Measures relating to the regulation of common carriers by water

(except matters subject to the jurisdiction of the Interstate CommerceCommission) and to the inspection of merchant marine vessels, lightsand signals, lifesaving equipment, and fire protection on such vessels ."7. The. Coast Guard, including lifesaving service, lighthouses, light-

ships, and ocean derelicts ."8. United States Coast Guard and Merchant Marine Academies ."9. Coast and Geodetic Survey ."10. The Panama Canal and the maintenance and operation of the

Panama Canal, including the administration, sanitation, and govern-ment of the Canal Zone ; and interoceanic canals generally .

"11 . Fisheries and wildlife, including research, restoration,' refuges,and conservation.

"(n) Committee on Public Lands ."1. Public lands generally, including entry, easements, and grazing

thereon ."2. Mineral resources of the public lands ."3. Forfeiture of land grants and alien ownership, including alien

ownership of mineral lands ."4. Forest reserves and national parks created from the public

domain ."5. Military parks and battlefields, and national cemeteries ."6. Preservation of prehistoric ruins and objects of interest on the

public domain."7. Measures relating generally to Hawaii, Alaska, and the insular

possessions of the United States, except those affecting the revenueand appropriations .

"8. Irrigation and reclamation, including water supply for reclama-tion projects, and easements of public lands for irrigation projects,and acquisition of private lands when necessary to complete irrigationprojects.

"9. Interstate compacts relating to apportionment of waters forirrigation purposes .

"10. Mining interests generally .

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"11. Mineral land laws and claims and entries thereunder ."12. Geological survey ."13. Mining schools and experimental stations ."14. Petroleum conservation on the public lands and conservation

of the radium supply in the United States ."15. Relations of the United States with the Indians and the Indian

tribes ."16. Measures relating to the care, education, and management of

Indians, including the care and allotment of Indian lands and generaland special measures relating to claims which are paid out of Indianfunds .

"(o) Committee on Public Works ."1. Flood control and improvement of rivers and harbors ."2. Public works for the benefit of navigation, including bridges and

dams (other than international bridges and dams) ."3. Water power."4. Oil and other pollution of navigable waters ."5. Public buildings and occupied or improved grounds of the

United States generally ."6. Measures relating to the purchase of sites and construction of

post offices, customhouses, Federal courthouses, and Government build-ings within the District of Columbia .

`7. Measures relating to the Capitol Building and the Senate andHouse Office Buildings .

"8. Measures relating to the construction or reconstruction, mainte-nance, and care of the buildings and grounds of the Botanic Gardens,the Library of Congress, and the Smithsonian Institution.

"9. Public reservations and parks within the District of Columbia,including Rock Creek Park and the Zoological Park.

"10. Measures relating to the construction or maintenance of roadsand post roads, other than appropriations therefor ; but it shall notbe in order for any bill providing general legislation in relation toroads to contain any provision for any specific road, nor for any bill inrelation to a specific road to embrace a provision in relation to anyother specific road.

"(p) Committee on Rules."1. The rules, joint rules, and order of business of the House ."2. Recesses and final adjournments of Congress ."(q) (1) Committee on Un-American Activities."(A) Un-American activities."(2) The Committee on Un-American Activities, as a whole or

by subcommittee, is authorized to make from time to time investiga-tions of (i) the extent, character, and objects of un-American propa-ganda activities in the United States, (ii) the diffusion within theUnited States of subversive and un-American propaganda that isinstigated from foreign countries or of a domestic origin and attacksthe principle of the form of government as guaranteed by our Con-stitution, and (iii) all other questions in relation thereto that wouldaid Congress in any necessary remedial legislation .

"The Committee on Un-American Activities shall report to theHouse (or to the Clerk of the House if the House is not in session)the results of any such investigation, together with such recom-mendations as it deems advisable .'For the purpose of any such investigation, the Committee on Un-American Activities, or any subcommittee thereof, is authorized tosit and act at such times and places within the United States, whetheror not the House is sitting, has recessed, or has adjourned, to holdsuch hearings, to require the attendance of such witnesses and theproduction of such books, papers, and documents, and to take suchtestimony, as it deems necessary. Subpenas may be issued under the

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signature of the chairman of the committee or any subcommittee, orby any member designated by any such chairman, and may be servedby any person designated by any such chairman or member .

"(r) Committee on Veterans' Affairs."1 . Veterans' measures generally ."2. Pensions of all the wars of the United States, general and special ."3. Life insurance issued by the Government on account of service

in the armed forces."4. Compensation, vocational rehabilitation, and education of

veterans ."5. Veterans' hospitals, medical care, and treatment of veterans ."6. Soldiers' and sailors' civil relief."7. Readjustment of servicemen to civil life ."(s) Committee on Ways and Means ."1. Revenue measures generally ."2. The bonded debt of the United States ."3. The deposit of public moneys ."4. Customs, collection districts, and ports of entry and delivery ."5. Reciprocal trade agreements ."6. Transportation of dutiable goods ."7. Revenue measures relating to the insular possessions ."8. National social security ."(2) (a) The following-named committees shall have leave to

report at any time on the matters herein stated, namely : The Commit-tee on Rules-on rules, joint rules, and order of business ; the Com-mittee on House Administration-on the right of a Member to his seat,enrolled bills, on all matters referred to it of printing for the use ofthe House or the two Houses, and on all matters of expenditure of thecontingent fund of the House ; the Committee on Ways and Means-on bills raising revenue ; the Committee on Appropriations on thegeneral appropriation bills ; the Committee on Public Works-on hillsauthorizing the improvement of rivers and harbors ; the Committeeon the Public Lands on bills for the forfeiture of land grants torailroad and other corporations, bills preventing speculation in thepublic lands, bills for the reservation of the public lands for the benefitof actual and bona fide settlers, and bills for the admission of newStates ; the Committee on Veterans Affairs on general pension bills ."(b) It shall always be in order to call up for consideration a

report from the Committee on Rules (except it shall not be called upfor consideration on the same day it is presented to the House, unlessso determined by a vote of not less than two-thirds of the Membersvoting, but this provision shall not apply during the last three daysof the session), and, pending the consideration thereof, the Speakermay entertain one motion that the House adjourn ; but after the resultis announced he shall not entertain any other dilatory motion untilthe said report shall have been fully disposed of. The Committeeon Rules shall not report any rule or order which shall provide thatbusiness under paragraph 7 of rule XXIV shall be set aside by avote of less than two-thirds of the Members present ; nor shall itreport any rule or order which shall operate to prevent the motion torecommit being made as provided in paragraph 4 of rule XVI .

"(c) The Committee on Rules shall present to the House reportsconcerning rules, joint rules, and order of business, within threelegislative days of the time when ordered reported by the committee .If such rule or order is not considered immediately, it shall be referredto the calendar and, if not called up by the Member making the reportwithin seven legislative days thereafter, any member of the RulesCommittee may call it up as a question of privilege and the Speaker

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shall recognize any member of the Rules Committee seeking recogni-Adverse reports.

tion for that purpose. If the Committee on Rules shall make anadverse report on any resolution pending before the committee, pro-viding for an order of business for the consideration by the Houseof any public bill or joint resolution, on days when it shall be inorder to call up motions to discharge committees it shall be in orderfor any Member of the House to call up for consideration by theHouse any such adverse report, and it shall be in order to move theadoption by the House of said resolution adversely reported notwith-standing the adverse report of the Committee on Rules, and theSpeaker shall recognize the Member seeking recognition for that pur-pose as a question of the highest privilege .

Contested-election "(d) The Committee on House Administration shall make finaleases' report to the House in all contested-election cases not later than sixmonths from the first day of the first regular session of the Congressto which the contestee is elected except in a contest from the Territoryof Alaska, in which case the time shall not exceed nine months .

"(e) A standing committee of the House (other than the Committeeon Appropriations) shall meet to consider any bill or resolution pend-ing before it (A) on all regular meeting days selected by the com-mittee ; (B) upon the call of the chairman of the committee ; (C) ifthe chairman of the committee, after three days' consideration, refusesor fails, upon the request of at least three members of the committee,to call a special meeting of the committee within seven calendar daysfrom the date of said request, then, upon the filing with the clerk ofthe committee of the written and signed request of a majority of thecommittee for a called special meeting of the committee, the com-mittee shall meet on the day and hour specified in said written request .It shall be the duty of the clerk of the committee to notify all mem-bers of the committee in the usual way of such called special meeting .

Rules of standing

"(f) The rules of the House are hereby made the rules of its stand-committees .

ing committees so far as applicable, except that a motion to recessfrom day to day is hereby made a motion of high privilege in saidcommittees ."

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DELEGATES AND RESIDENT COMMISSIONER

SEC . 122. Rule XII of the Standing Rules of the House of Repre-sentatives is amended to read as follows

"RULE XII

"DELEGATES AND RESIDENT COMMISSIONER

"1. The Delegates from Hawaii and Alaska, and the Resident Com-missioner to the United States from Puerto Rico, shall be elected toserve as additional members on the Committees on Agriculture,Armed Services, and Public Lands ; and they shall possess in suchcommittees the same powers and privileges as in the House, and maymake any motion except to reconsider ."

REFERENCE OF PRIVATE CLAIMS BILLS

SEC. 123. Paragraph 3 of rule XXI of the Standing Rules of theHouse of Representatives is amended to read as follows

"3 . No bill for the payment or adjudication of any private claimagainst the Government shall be referred, except by unanimous con-sent, to any other than the following committees, namely : To theCommittee on Foreign Affairs and to the Committee on the Judiciary ."

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PART 3-PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO BOTH HOUSES

PRIVATE BILLS BANNED

SEC. 131 . No private bill or resolution (including so-called omni-bus claims or pension bills), and no amendment to any bill or resolu-tion, authorizing or directing (1) the payment of money for propertydamages, for personal injuries or death for which suit may be insti-tuted under the Federal Tort Claims Act, or for a pension (other thanto carry out a provision of law or treaty stipulation) ; (2) the con-struction of a bridge across a navigable stream ; or (3) the correctionof a military or naval record, shall be received or considered in eitherthe Senate or the House of Representatives .

CONGRESSIONAL ADJOURNMENT

SEC. 132 . Except in time of war or during a national emergencyproclaimed by the President, the two Houses shall adjourn sine die notlater than the last day (Sundays excepted) in the month of July ineach year unless otherwise provided by the Congress .

COMMITTEE PROCEDURE

SEC. 133 . (a) Each standing committee of the Senate and theHouse of Representatives (except the Committees on Appropriations)shall fix regular weekly, biweekly, or monthly meeting days for thetransaction of business before the committee, and additional meetingsmay be called by the chairman as he may deem necessary .

(b) Each such committee shall keep a complete record of all com-mittee action . Such record shall include a record of the votes on anyquestion on which a record vote is demanded .

(c) It shall be the duty of the chairman of each such committee toreport or cause to be reported promptly to the Senate or House ofRepresentatives, as the case may be, any measure approved by hiscommittee and to take or cause to be taken necessary steps to bringthe matter to a vote .

(d) No measure or recommendation shall be reported from anysuch committee unless a majority of the committee were actuallypresent .

(e) Each such standing committee shall, so far as practicable,require all witnesses appearing before it to file in advance writtenstatements of their proposed testimony, and to limit their oral presen-tations to brief summaries of their argument. The staff of each com-mittee shall prepare digests of such statements for the use of committeemembers .

(f) All hearings conducted by standing committees or their sub-committees shall be open to the public, except executive sessions formarking up bills or for voting or where the committee by a majorityvote orders an executive session .

COMMITTEE POWERS

SEC. 134 . (a) Each standing committee of the Senate, including anysubcommittee of any such committee, is authorized to hold such hear-ings, to sit and act at such times and places during the sessions, recesses,and adjourned periods of the Senate, to require by subpena or other-wise the attendance of such witnesses and the production of suchcorrespondence, books, papers, and documents, to take such testimonyand to make such expenditures (not in excess of $10,000 for each com-mittee during any Congress) as it deems advisable . Each such

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committee may make investigations into any matter within its juris-diction, may report such hearings as may be had by it, and may employstenographic assistance at a cost not exceeding 25 cents per hundredwords. The expenses of the committee shall be paid from the con-tingent fund of the Senate upon vouchers approved by the chairman .

(b) Every committee and subcommittee serving the Senate andHouse of Representatives shall report the name, profession and totalsalary of each staff member employed by it, and shall make an account-ing of funds appropriated to it and expended by it to the Secretary ofthe Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives, as the case maybe, at least once every six months, and such information shall bepublished periodically in the Congressional Directory when and as thesame is issued and as Senate and House documents, respectively, everythree months .

(c) No standing committee of the Senate or the House, except theCommittee on Rules of the House, shall sit, without special leave,while the Senate or the House, as the case may be, is in session .

CONFERENCE RULES ON AMENDMENTS IN NATURE OF SUBSTITUTE

SEC . 135 . (a) In any case in which a disagreement to an amend-ment in the nature of a substitute has been referred to conferees,it shall be in order for the conferees to report a substitute on thesame subject matter ; but they may not include in the report matternot committed to them by either House . They may, however includein their report in any such case matter which is a germane modificationof subjects in disagreement .

(b) In any case in which the conferees violate subsection (a), theconference report shall be subject to a point of order .

LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT BY STANDING COMMITTEES

SEC . 136. To assist the Congress in appraising the administrationof the laws and in developing such amendments or related legis-lation as it may deem necessary, each standing committee of theSenate and the House of Representatives shall exercise continuouswatchfulness of the execution by the administrative agencies concernedof any laws, the subject matter of which is within the jurisdictionof such committee ; and, for that purpose, shall study all pertinentreports and data submitted to the Congress by the agencies in theexecutive branch of the Government .

DECISIONS ON QUESTIONS OF COMMITTEE JURISDICTION

SEC. 137. In any case in which a controversy arises as to the juris-diction of any standing committee of the Senate with respect to anyproposed legislation, the question of jurisdiction shall be decidedby the presiding officer of the Senate, without debate, in favor ofthat committee which has jurisdiction over the subject matter whichpredominates in such proposed legislation ; but such decision shall besubject to an appeal .

LEGISLATIVE BUDGET

SEC. 138. (a) The Committee on Ways and Means and the Com-mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and thethe Committee on Finance and the Committee on Appropriations ofthe Senate, or duly authorized subcommittees thereof, are authorizedand directed to meet jointly at the beginning of each regular session

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SEC . 139. (a) No general appropriation bill shall be considered ineither House unless, prior to the consideration of such bill, printedcommittee hearings and reports on such bill have been available for atleast three calendar days for the Members of the House in which suchbill is to be considered .

(b) The Committees on Appropriations of the two Houses areauthorized and directed, acting jointly, to develop a standard appro-priation classification schedule which will clearly define in conciseand uniform accounts the subtotals of appropriations asked for byagencies in the executive branch of the Government . That part of theprinted hearings containing each such agency's request for appropri-tions shall be preceded by such a schedule .

(c) No general appropriation bill or amendment thereto shall bereceived or considered in either House if it contains a provision reap-propriating unexpended balances of appropriations ; except that thisprovision shall not apply to appropriations in continuation of appro-priations for public works on which work has commenced .

(d) The Appropriations Committees of both Houses are authorizedand directed to make a study of (1) existing permanent appropriationswith a view to limiting the number of permanent appropriations andto recommend to their respective Houses what permanent appropria-tions, if any, should be discontinued ; and (2) the disposition of fundsresulting from the sale of Government property or services by alldepartments and agencies in the executive branch of the Governmentwith a view to recommending to their respective Houses a uniformsystem of control with respect to such funds.

RECORDS OF CONGRESS

SEC . 140. (a) The Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of theHouse of Representatives are authorized and directed, acting jointly,to obtain at the close of each Congress all of the noncurrent recordsof the Congress and of each committee thereof and transfer them tothe National Archives for preservation, subject to the orders of theSenate or the House, respectively .

(b) The Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized anddirected to collect all of the noncurrent records of the House of Rep-resentatives from the First to the Seventy-sixth Congress, inclusive,

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of Congress and after study and consultation, giving due considera-tion to the budget recommendations of the President, report to theirrespective Houses a legislative budget for the ensuing fiscal year,including the estimated over-all Federal receipts and expendituresfor such year. Such report shall contain a recommendation for the Recommendations .maximum amount to be appropriated for expenditure in such yearwhich shall include such an amount to be reserved for deficiencies asmay be deemed necessary by such committees. If the estimatedreceipts exceed the estimated expenditures, such report shall containa recommendation for a reduction in the public debt . Such reportshall be made by February 15 .

(b) The report shall be accompanied by a concurrent resolution Concurrent resole-adopting such budget, and fixing the maximum amount to be appro- tion.

priated for expenditure in such year. If the estimated expendituresexceed the estimated receipts, the concurrent resolution shall includea section substantially as follows : "That it is the sense of the Congressthat the public debt shall be increased in an amount equal to theamount by which the estimated expenditures for the ensuing fiscalyear exceed the estimated receipts, such amount being $

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HEARINGS AND REPORTS BY APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEES

Standard appropri.ation classificationschedule.

Reappropriations .

Permanent appro-priations.

Disposition of cer-tain funds .

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and transfer such records to the National Archives for preservation,subject to the orders of the Senate or the House, respectively .

PRESERVATION OF COMMITTEE HEARINGS

SEC . 141. The Librarian of the Library of Congress is authorizedand directed to have bound at the end of each session of Congressthe printed hearings of testimony taken by each committee of theCongress at the preceding session.

EFFECTIVE DATE

SEC. 142. This title shall take effect on January 2 1947 ; except thatthis section and sections 140 and 141 shall take effect on the date ofenactment of this Act.

TITLE II-MISCELLANEOUSPART 1-STATUTORY PROVISIONS RELATING TO CONGRESSIONAL

PERSONNEL

INCREASE IN COMPENSATION FOR CERTAIN CONGRESSIONAL OFFICERS

SEC. 201. (a) Effective January 1, 1947, the annual basic compen-sation of the elected officers of the Senate and the House of Repre-sentatives (not including the Presiding Officers of the two Houses)shall be increased by 50 per centum ; and the provisions of section 501of the Federal Employees Pay Act of 1945, as amended by section 5of the Federal Employees Pay Act of 1946, shall not be applicableto the compensation of said elected officers .

(b) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated annually forthe "Office of the Vice President" the sum of $23,130 ; and there ishereby authorized to be appropriated annually for the "Office of theSpeaker" the sum of $20,025 .

(c) The Speaker, the majority leader, and the minority leader ofthe House of Representatives are each authorized to employ an admin-istrative assistant, who shall receive basic compensation at a rate notto exceed $8,000 a year . There is hereby authorized to be appropriatedsuch sums as may be necessary for the payment of such compensation .

COMMITTEE STAFFS

SEC . 202. (a) Each standing committee of the Senate and the Houseof Representatives (other than the Appropriations Committees) isauthorized to appoint by a majority vote of the committee not morethan four professional staff members in addition to the clerical staffson a permanent basis without regard to political affiliations and solelyon the basis of fitness to perform the duties of the office ; and said staffmembers shall be assigned to the chairman and ranking minority mem-ber of such committee as the committee may deem advisable . Eachsuch committee is further authorized to terminate the services by amajority vote of the committee of any such professional staff memberas it may see fit. Professional staff members shall not engage in anywork other than committee business and no other duties may beassigned to them .

(b) Subject to appropriations which it shall be in order to includein appropriation bills, the Committee on Appropriations of eachHouse is authorized to appoint such staff, in addition to the clerkthereof and assistants for the minority, as each such committee, by amajority vote, shall determine to be necessary, such personnel, other

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than the minority assistants, to possess such qualifications as the com-mittees respectively may prescribe, and the Committee on Appropria- Studies and exami-tions of the House also is authorized to conduct studies and examina- n

tions of the organization and operation of any executive agency(including any agency the majority of the stock of which is owned bythe Government of the United States) as it may deem necessary toassist it in connection with the determination of matters within itsjurisdiction and in accordance with procedures authorized by the com-mittee by a majority vote, including the rights and powers conferredby House Resolution Numbered 50, adopted January 9, 1945 .

(c) The clerical staff of each standing committee, which shall be Clerical staff.appointed by a majority vote of the committee, shall consist of notmore than six clerks, to be attached to the office of the chairman, tothe ranking minority member, and to the professional staff, as thecommittee may deem advisable ; and the position of committee janitor Committee j anitor .i s hereby abolished. The clerical staff shall handle committee corre-spondence and stenographic work, both for the committee staff andfor the chairman and ranking minority member on matters related tocommittee work.

(d) All committee hearings, records, data, charts, and files shall Separation o fbe kept separate and distinct from the congressional office records of records, etc .

the Member serving as chairman of the committee ; and such recordsshall be the property of the Congress and all members of the com-mittee and the respective Houses shall have access to such records .Each committee is authorized to have printed and bound such testi-mony and other data presented at hearings held by the committee .

(e) The professional staff members of the standing committees shall Compensation of staffreceive annual compensation, to be fixed by the chairman, ranging members

from $5,000 to $8,000 and the clerical staff shall receive annual com-pensation ranging from $2,000 to $8,000.

(f) No committee shall appoint to its staff any experts or other Experts from de-personnel detailed or assigned from any department or agency of the partments, etc.

Government, except with the written permission of the Committeeon Rules and Administration of the Senate or the Committee on HouseAdministration of the House of Representatives, as the case may be .

(g) No individual who is employed as a professional staff member Appointment toexec-of any committee as provided in this section shall be eligible for sinotionranch

' re-

appointment to any office or position in the executive branch of theGovernment for a period of one year after he shall have ceased to besuch a member .

(h) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions-(1) The committee employees of the existing Committee on Ap- Employees of exist-

ing Committees onpropriations of the Senate and of the existing Committee on Ap- Appropriations .propriations of the House of Representatives shall be continued on therolls of the respective appropriations committees established undertitle I of this Act during the fiscal year 1947, unless sooner removed Ante, p . 814 .

for cause .(2) Committee employees of all other existing standing committees Other existing

of each House shall be continued on the pay rolls of the Senate and standing committees .

House of Representatives, respectively, through January 31, 1947,unless sooner removed for cause by the Secretary of the Senate or theClerk of the House, as the case may be.

(3) The appropriations for the compensation of committee em- Appropriations for

ployees of standing committees of the Senate and of the House of compensation .

Representatives contained in the Legislative Branch AppropriationAct, 1947, shall be available for the compensation of employees speci- Ante, p . 386.

fied in paragraph (2) of this subsection and of employees of the stand-ing committees of the Senate and House of Representatives suceedingto the jurisdiction of the standing committees specified in such Ap-propriation Act ; and in any case in which the legislative jurisdiction dia ion

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Duties .

Analysis of legisla .tive proposals, etc.

Classification, etc.,of data .

Preparation of di-gests.

Appointment of di-rectors, etc.

42 Stat . 1488 .6 U . S . C: . °° 661-

674 ; Supp . V, ° 661 etSeq .Ante, pp. 216, 219.

Appointment ofsenior specialists .

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of any existing standing committee is transferred to two or morestanding committees under title I of this Act, the Committee on Rulesand Administration of the Senate with respect to standing com-mittees of the Senate, and the Committee on House Administration,with respect to standing committees of the House, shall allocate suchappropriations in an equitable manner .

LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE SERVICE

SEC. 203. (a) The Librarian of Congress is authorized and directedto establish in the Library of Congress a separate department to beknown as the Legislative Reference Service. It shall be the duty ofthe Legislative Reference Service-

(1) upon request, to advise and assist any committee of eitherHouse or any joint committee in the analysis, appraisal, andevaluation of legislative proposals pending before it, or of recom-mendations submitted to Congress, by the President or any execu-tive agency, and otherwise to assist in furnishing a basis for theproper determination of measures before the committee ;

(2) upon request, or upon its own initiative in anticipation ofrequests, to gather, classify, analyze, and make available, intranslations, indexes, digests, compilations and bulletins, andotherwise, data for a bearing upon legislation, and to render suchdata serviceable to Congress, and committees and Members thereof,without partisan bias in selection or presentation ;

(3) to prepare summaries and digests of public hearings beforecommittees of the Congress, and of bills and resolutions of a publicgeneral nature introduced in either House.

(b) (1) A director and assistant director of the Legislative Refer-ence Service and all other necessary personnel, shall be appointed bythe Librarian of Congress without regard to the civil-service laws andwithout reference to political affiliations, solely on the ground of fitnessto perform the duties of their office . The compensation of all employeesshall be fixed in accordance with the provisions of the ClassificationAct of 1923, as amended : Provided, That the grade of senior specialistsin each field enumerated in paragraph (2) of this subsection shall notbe less than the highest grade in the executive branch of the Govern-ment to which research analysts and consultants without supervisoryresponsibility are currently assigned . All employees of the LegislativeReference Service shall be subject to the provisions of the civil-serviceretirement laws.

(2) The Librarian of Congress is further authorized to appoint inthe Legislative Reference Service senior specialists in the followingbroad fields : Agriculture ; American government and public adminis-tration ; American public law ; conservation ; education ; engineeringand public works ; full employment ; housing; industrial organizationand corporation finance ; international affairs ; international trade andeconomic geography ; labor ; mineral economics ; money and banking ;price economics ; social welfare ; taxation and fiscal policy ; transpor-tation and communications ; and veterans' affairs. Such specialists,together with such other members of the staff as may be necessary,shall be available for special work with the appropriate committeesof Congress for any of the purposes set out in section 203 (a) (1) .

(c) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the work ofthe Legislative Reference Service the following sums : (1) For thefiscal year ending June 30, 1947, $550,000 ; (2) for the fiscal yearending June 30, 1948, $650,000 ; (3) for the fiscal year ending June 30,1949, $$750,000; and (4) for each fiscal year thereafter such sums as maybe necessary to carry on the work of the Service .

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OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

SEC . 204. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for thework of the Office of the Legislative Counsel the following sums :

(1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947, $150,000 ;(2) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, $200,000 ;(3) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1949, $250,000 ;(4) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1950, $250,000 ; and(5) For each fiscal year thereafter such sums as may be necessary

to carry on the work of the Office.STUDIES BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL

SEC. 205 . The Comptroller General is authorized and directed tomake a full and complete study of restrictions placed in general appro-priation Acts limiting the expenditure of specified appropriationstherein, with a view to determining the cost to the Government incidentto complying with such restrictions, and to report to the Congress hisestimate of the cost of complying with such restrictions and suchother recommendations with respect thereto as he deems necessary ordesirable .

EXPENDITURE ANALYSES BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL

SEC . 206. The Comptroller General is authorized and directed tomake an expenditure analysis of each agency in the executive branch ofthe Government (including Government corporations), which, in theopinion of the Comptroller General, will enable Congress to determinewhether public funds have been economically and efficiently adminis-tered and expended. Reports on such analyses shall be submittedby the Comptroller General, from time to time, to the Committees onExpenditures in the Executive Departments, to the AppropriationsCommittees, and to the legislative committees having jurisdiction overlegislation relating to the operations of the respective agencies, of thetwo Houses .

CORRECTION OF MILITARY AND NAVAL RECORDS

SEC . 207. The Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, andthe Secretary of the Treasury with respect to the Coast Guard, respec-tively, under procedures set up by them, and acting through boards ofcivilian officers or employees of their respective departments, areauthorized to correct any military or naval record where in theirjudgment such action is necessary to correct an error or to remove aninjustice .

PART 2-STATUTORY PROVISIONS RELATING TO COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS

IMPROVEMENT OF CONGRESSIONAL RECORD

SEC. 221 . The Joint Committee on Printing is authorized anddirected to provide for printing in the Daily Record the legislativeprogram for the day, together with a list of congressional committeemeetings and hearings, and the place of meeting and subject matter ;and to cause a brief resume of congressional activities for the previousday to be incorporated in the Record, together with an index of itscontents. Such data shall be prepared under the supervision of theSecretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives,respectively.

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JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING

SEC . 222. Section 1 of the Act entitled "An Act Providing for thepublic printing and binding and the distribution of public documents",

44 U. S . O . • i. approved January 12, 1895 (28 Stat. 601), is amended to read asfollows : "That there shall be a Joint Committee on Printing, consistingof the chairman and two members of the Committee on Rules andAdministration of the Senate and the chairman and two members ofthe Committee on House Administration of the House of Represen-tatives, who shall have the powers hereinafter stated ."

JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE LIBRARY

SEC. 223. The Joint Committee of Congress on the Library shallhereafter consist of the chairman and four members of the Committeeon Rules and Administration of the Senate and the chairman andfour members of the Committee on House Administration of the Houseof Representatives .

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

SEC. 224. The functions, powers, and duties imposed by statute,resolution, or rule of either House of Congress on the effective dateof this section on a standing committee of the Senate or the Houseof Representatives (or the chairman thereof) are, insofar as theyare consistent with this Act, hereby transferred to that standingcommittee created by this Act (or the chairman thereof) to which istransferred the legislative jurisdiction over the subject matter towhich such functions, powers, and duties relate ; except that the chair-man of the Committee on Civil Service of the Senate and the chair-man of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service of the Housecreated by this Act shall be members of the National Archives Council .

JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE ECONOMIC REPORT

SEC. 225. Section 5 (b) (3) (relating to the time for filing thereport of the Joint Committee on the Economic Report) of theEmployment Act of 1946 is amended by striking out "May 1" andinserting in lieu thereof "February 1" .

ECONOMIC REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT

SEC. 226. Section 3 (a) (relating to the time for filing the economicreport of the president) of the Employment Act of 1946 is amendedby striking out "within 60 days after the beginning of each regularsession" and inserting in lieu thereof "at the beginning of each regularsession" .

PART 3-PROVISIONS RELATING TO CAPITOL AND PAGES

REMODELING OF CAUCUS ROOMS AND RESTAURANTS

SEC. 241. The Architect of the Capitol is authorized and directedto prepare plans and submit them to Congress at the earliest prac-ticable date for the remodeling (a) of the caucus rooms in the Senateand House Office Buildings to provide improved acoustics and seatingfacilities and for the presentation of motion picture or other visualdisplays on matters of national interest ; and (b) of the Senateand House Restaurants to provide for more convenient diningfacilities.

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ASSIGNMENT OF CAPITOL SPACE

SEC. 242. The President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speakerof the House of Representatives shall cause a survey to be made ofavailable space within the Capitol which could be utilized for jointcommittee meetings, meetings of conference committees, and othermeetings, requiring the attendance of both Senators and Members ofthe House of Representatives ; and shall recommend the reassign-ment of such space to accommodate such meetings .

SENATE AND HOUSE PAGES

SEC . 243. (a) The Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of theHouse of Representatives, acting jointly, are authorized and directedto enter into an arrangement with the Board of Education of the Dis-trict of Columbia for the education of Congressional pages and pagesof the Supreme Court in the public school system of the District . Sucharrangement shall include provision for reimbursement to the Districtof Columbia for any additional expenses incurred by the public schoolsystem of the District in carrying out such arrangement.

(b) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums asmay be necessary to reimburse the District of Columbia in accordancewith the arrangement referred to in subsection (a) .

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) ofthis section, said page or pages may elect to attend a private orparochial school of their own choice : Provided, however, That suchprivate or parochial school shall be reimbursed by the Senate andHouse of Representatives only in the same amount as would be paid ifthe page or pages were attending a public school under the provisionsof paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section .

AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS AND PERSONNEL

SEC . 244. All necessary funds required to carry out the provisions ofthis Act, by the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House,are hereby authorized to be appropriated, and the Secretary of theSenate and the Clerk of the House are hereby further authorized toemploy such administrative assistants as may be necessary in orderto carry out the provisions of this Act under their respectivejurisdictions .

EFFECTIVE DATE

SEC . 245. This title shall take effect on the date of its enactment ; ex-cept that sections 202 (a), (b), (c), (e), (f), and (h), 222, 223, 224, and243 shall take effect on the day on which the Eightieth Congressconvenes .

TITLE III-REGULATION OF LOBBYING ACT

SHORT TITLE

SEC . 301. This title may be cited as the "Federal Regulation ofLobbying Act".

DEFINITIONS

SEC . 302. When used in this title-(a) The term "contribution" includes a gift, subscription, loan,

advance, or deposit of money or anything of value and includes acontract, promise, or agreement, whether or not legally enforceable,to make a contribution .

Meetings of jointcommittees, etc .

Education .

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Appropriation au-thorized,

Election of privateor parochial school .

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(b) The term "expenditure" includes a payment, distribution, loan,advance, deposit, or gift of money or anything of value, and includesa contract, promise, or agreement, whether or not legally enforceable,to make an expenditure.

(c) The term "person" includes an individual, partnership, com-mittee, association, corporation, and any other organization or groupof persons .

(d) The term "Clerk" means the Clerk of the House of Representa-tives of the United States .

(e) The term "legislation" means bills, resolutions, amendments,nominations, and other matters pending or proposed in either Houseof Congress, and includes any other matter which may be the subjectof action by either House.

DETAILED ACCOUNTS OF CONTRIBUTIONS

SEC. 303. (a) It shall be the duty of every person who shall in anymanner solicit or receive a contribution to any organization or fundfor the purposes hereinafter designated to keep a detailed and exactaccount of-

(1) all contributions of any amount or of any value what-soever ;

(2) the name and address of every person making any suchcontribution of $500 or more and the date thereof ;

(3) all expenditures made by or on behalf of such organiza-tion or fund ; and

(4) the name and address of every person to whom any suchexpenditure is made and the date thereof .

(b) It shall be the duty of such person to obtain and keep areceipted bill, stating the particulars, for every expenditure of suchfunds exceeding $10 in amount, and to preserve all receipted billsand accounts required to be kept by this section for a period of atleast two years from the date of the filing of the statement containingsuch items.

RECEIPTS FOR CONTRIBUTIONS

SEC . 304. Every individual who receives a contribution of $500 ormore for any of the purposes hereinafter designated shall within fivedays after receipt thereof rendered to the person or organization forwhich such contribution was received a detailed account thereof,including the name and address of the person making such contribu-tion and the date on which received .

STATEMENTS TO BE FILED WITH CLERK OF HOUSE

SEC . 305. (a) Every person receiving any contributions or expend-ing any money for the purposes designated in subparagraph (a) or (b)of section 307 shall file with the Clerk between the first and tenth day ofeach calendar quarter, a statement containing complete as of the daynext preceding the date of filing-

(1) the name and address of each person who has made acontribution of $500 or more not mentioned in the precedingreport ; except that the first report filed pursuant to this titleshall contain the name and address of each person who has madeany contribution of $500 or more to such person since the effec-tive date of this title ;

(2) the total sum of the contributions made to or for suchperson during the calendar year and not stated under para-graph (1) ;

(3) the total sum of all contributions made to or for suchperson during the calendar year ;

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(4) the name and address of each person to whom an expendi-ture in one or more items of the aggregate amount or value,within the calendar year, of $10 or more has been made by oron behalf of such person, and the amount, date, and purpose ofsuch expenditure ;

(5) the total sum of all expenditures made by or on behalf ofsuch person during the calendar year and not stated under para-graph (4) ;

(6) the total sum of expenditures made by or on behalf ofsuch person during the calendar year .

(b) The statements required to be filed by subsection (a) shall becumulative during the calendar year to which they relate, but wherethere has been no change in an item reported in a previous statementonly the amount need be carried forward .

STATEMENT PRESERVED FOR TWO YEARS

SEC . 306. A statement required by this title to be filed with theClerk-

(a) shall be deemed properly filed when deposited in an estab-lished post office within the prescribed time, duly stamped, reg-istered, and directed to the Clerk of the House of Representativesof the United States, Washington, District of Columbia, but inthe event it is not received, a duplicate of such statement shallbe promptly filed upon notice by the Clerk of its nonreceipt ;

(b) shall be preserved by the Clerk for a period of two yearsfrom the date of filing, shall constitute part of the public recordsof his office, and shall be open to public inspection .

PERSONS TO WHOM APPLICABLE

SEC . 307. The provisions of this title shall apply to any person(except a political committee as defined in the Federal Corrupt Prac-tices Act, and duly organized State or local committees of a politicalparty), who by himself, or through any agent or employee or otherpersons in any manner whatsoever, directly or indirectly, solicits,collects, or receives money or any other thing of value to be used prin-cipally to aid, or the principal purpose of which person is to aid, inthe accomplishment of any of the following purposes

(a) The passage or defeat of any legislation by the Congress ofthe United States .

(b) To influence, directly or indirectly, the passage or defeat ofany legislation by the Congress of the United States .

REGISTRATION WITH SECRETARY OF THE SENATE AND CLERK OF THE HOUSE

SEC . 308. (a) Any person who shall engage himself for pay or forany consideration for the purpose of attempting to influence thepassage or defeat of any legislation by the Congress of the UnitedStates shall, before doing anything in furtherance of such object,register with the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secre-tary of the Senate and shall give to those officers in writing and underoath, his name and business address, the name and address of theperson by whom he is employed, and in whose interest he appears orworks, the duration of such employment, how much he is paid andis to receive, by whom he is paid or is to be paid, how much he is tobe paid for expenses, and what expenses are to be included . Eachsuch person so registering shall, between the first and tenth day ofeach calendar quarter, so long as his activity continues, file with theClerk and Secretary a detailed report under oath of all money receivedand expended by him during the preceding calendar quarter in carry-ing on his work ; to whom paid ; for what purposes ; and the names

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43 Stat .1070.2U.S.C.°°241-

256; Supp . V, ° 251 ; 18U S . C . ° 208 .

Report of money re-ceived and expended .

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Nonapplicability .

Compilation andprinting of informa-tion .

43 Stat . 1070.2 U. S . C . °° 241-

256 ; Supp . V, ° 251 ; 18U, S . C . ° 208 .

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of any papers, periodicals, magazines, or other publications in whichhe has caused to be published any articles or editorials ; and the pro-posed legislation he is employed to support or oppose . The pro.visions of this section shall not apply to any person who merelyappears before a committee of the Congress of the United States insupport of or opposition to legislation ; nor to any public official act-ing in his official capacity ; nor in the case of any newspaper or otherregularly published periodical (including any individual who owns,publishes, or is employed by any such newspaper or periodical) whichin the ordinary course of business publishes news items, editorials,or other comments, or paid advertisements, which directly orindirectly urge the passage or defeat of legislation, if such newspaper,periodical, or individual, engages in no further or other activities inconnection with the passage or defeat of such legislation, other thanto appear before a committee of the Congress of the United Statesin support of or in opposition to such legislation .

(b) All information required to be filed under the provisions ofthis section with the Clerk of the House of Representatives and theSecretary of the Senate shall be compiled by said Clerk and Secretary,acting jointly, as soon as practicable after the close of the calendarquarter with respect to which such information is filed and shall beprinted in the Congressional Record .

REPORTS AND STATEMENTS TO BE MADE UNDER OATH

SEC . 309. All reports and statements required under this title shallbe made under oath, before an officer authorized by law to administeroaths .

PENALTIES

SEC . 310. (a) Any person who violates any of the provisions of thistitle, shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall bepunished by a fine of not more than $5,000 or imprisonment for notmore than twelve months, or by both such fine and imprisonment .

(b) In addition to the penalties provided for in subsection (a), anyperson convicted of the misdemeanor specified therein is prohibited,for a period of three years from the date of such conviction, fromattempting to influence, directly or indirectly, the passage or defeatof any proposed legislation or from appearing before a committee ofthe Congress in support of or opposition to proposed legislation ; andany person who violates any provision of this subsection shall, uponconviction thereof, be guilty of a felony, and shall be punished by afine of not more, than $10,000, or imprisonment for not more than fiveyears, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

EXEMPTION

SEC . 311. The provisions of this title shall not apply to practices oractivities regulated by the Federal Corrupt Practices Act nor be con-strued as repealing any portion of said Federal Corrupt Practices Act .

TITLE IV-FEDERAL TORT CLAIMS ACTPART 1-SHORT TITLE AND DEFINITIONS

SHORT TITLE

SEC. 401 . This title may be cited as the "Federal Tort Claims Act" .DEFINITIONS

SEC. 402. As used in this title, the term-(a) "Federal agency" includes the executive departments and

independent establishments of the United States, and corporations

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whose primary function is to act as, and while acting as, instrumental-ities or agencies of the United States, whether or not authorized tosue and be sued in their own names : Provided, That this shall not beconstrued to include any contractor with the United States .

(b) "Employee of the Government" includes officers or employeesof any Federal agency, members of the military or naval forces ofthe United States, and persons acting on behalf of a Federal agencyin an official capacity, temporarily or permanently in the service ofthe United States, whether with or without compensation .

(c) "Acting within the scope of his office or employment", in thecase of a member of the military or naval forces of the United States,means acting in line of duty.

PART 2 -ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUSTMENT OF TORT CLAIMS AGAINST THEUNITED STATES

CLAIMS OF $1,000 OR LESS

SEC. 403 . (a) Subject to the limitations of this title, authority ishereby conferred upon the head of each Federal agency, or his designeefor the purpose, acting on behalf of the United States, to consider,ascertain, adjust, determine, and settle any claim against the UnitedStates for money only, accruing on and after January 1, 1945, onaccount of damage to or loss of property or on account of personalinjury or death, where the total amount of the claim does not exceed$1,000, caused by the negligent or wrongful act or omission of anyemployee of the Government while acting within the scope of hisoffice or employment, under circumstances where the United States, ifa private person, would be liable to the claimant for such damage, loss,injury, or death, in accordance with the law of the place where theact or omission occurred .

(b) Subject to the provisions of part 3 of this title, any such awardor determination shall be final and conclusive on all officers of theGovernment, except when procured by means of fraud, notwithstandingany other provision of law to the contrary .

(c) Any award made to any claimant pursuant to this section, andany award, compromise, or settlement of any claim cognizable underthis title made by the Attorney General pursuant to section 413, shallbe paid by the head of the Federal agency concerned out of appropria-tions that may be made therefor, which appropriations are herebyauthorized .

(d) The acceptance by the claimant of any such award, compromise,or settlement shall be final and conclusive on the claimant, and shallconstitute a complete release by the claimant of any claim against theUnited States and against the employee of the Government whoseact or omission gave rise to the claim, by reason of the same subjectmatter.

REPORT

SEC. 404. The head of each Federal agency shall annually make areport to the Congress of all claims paid by such Federal agency underthis part. Such report shall include the name of each claimant, astatement of the amount claimed and the amount awarded, and a briefdescription of the claim .

PART 3-SUITS ON TORT CLAIMS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES

JURISDICTION

SEC. 410 . (a) Subject to the provisions of this title, the UnitedStates district court for the district wherein the plaintiff is residentor wherein the act or omission complained of occurred, including the

Contractor.

Finality of award.

Payments .

Appropriations au-thorized .

Release of claim.

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United States district courts for the Territories and possessions of theUnited States, sitting without a jury, shall have exclusive jurisdictionto hear, determine, and render judgment on any claim against theUnited States, for money only, accruing on and after January 1, 1945,on account of damage to or loss of property or on account of personalinjury or death caused by the negligent or wrongful act or omissionof any employee of the Government while acting within the scope ofhis office or employment, under circumstances where the United States,if a private person, would be liable to the claimant for such damage,loss, injury, or death in accordance with the law of the place where the

Liability of U. S . act or omission occurred. Subject to the provisions of this title, theUnited States shall be liable in respect of such claims to the sameclaimants, in the same manner, and to the same extent as a privateindividual under like circumstances, except that the United Statesshall not be liable for interest prior to judgment, or for punitive

Costs. damages. Costs shall be allowed in all courts to the successful claimantto the same extent as if the United States were a private litigant,except that such costs shall not include attorneys' fees .

Judgment as bar to

(b) The judgment in such an action shall constitute a completeaction againstem-ployee of C7overn-bar to any action by the claimant, by reason of the same subject mat-ment. ter, against the employee of the Government whose act or omission

gave rise to the claim . No suit shall be instituted pursuant to thissection upon a claim presented to any Federal agency pursuant topart 2 of this title unless such Federal agency has made final disposi-

Withdrawal of tion of the claim : Provided, That the claimant may, upon fifteenclaim . days' notice given in writing, withdraw the claim from considerationof the Federal agency and commence suit thereon pursuant to thissection : Provided further, That as to any claim so disposed of orso withdrawn, no suit shall be instituted pursuant to this section forany sum in excess of the amount of the claim presented to the Federalagency, except where the increased amount of the claim is shown tobe based upon newly discovered evidence not reasonably discover-able at the time of presentation of the claim to the Federal agencyor upon evidence of intervening facts, relating to the amount ofthe claim. Disposition of any claim made pursuant to part 2 ofthis title shall not be competent evidence of liability or amount ofdamages in proceedings on such claim pursuant to this section .

PROCEDURE

SEC. 411. In actions under this part, the forms of process, writs,pleadings, and motions, and the practice and procedure, shall be inaccordance with the rules promulgated by the Supreme Court pursuant

28 U . S . C . °° 723b, to the Act of June 19, 1934 (48 Stat . 1064) ; and the same provisions723c; Supp . V, ° 7230. for counterclaim and set-off, for interest upon judgments, and forpayment of judgments, shall be applicable as in cases brought in

28 U . S . C . °° 250 the United States district courts under the Act of March 3, 1887 (24258 note, 761-

765.

Stat. 505) .REVIEW

SEC. 412. (a) Final judgments in the district courts in cases underthis part shall be subject to review by appeal-

Circuit courts of

(1) in the circuit courts of appeals in the same manner and toappeal.

the same extent as other judgments of the district courts ; orCourt of Claims.

(2) in the Court of Claims of the United States : Provided,That the notice of appeal filed in the district court under rule 73'

28 u. S. 0. foil .

of the Rules of Civil Procedure shall have affixed thereto the° o.

written consent on behalf of all the appellees that the appeal betaken to the Court of Claims of the United States . Such appealsto the Court of Claims of the United States shall be taken within

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three months after the entry of the judgment of the district court,and shall be governed by the rules relating to appeals from adistrict court to a circuit court of appeals adopted by the SupremeCourt pursuant to the Act of June 19, 1934 (48 St .at . 1064) . Insuch appeals the Court of Claims of the United States shall havethe same powers and duties as those conferred on a circuit court ofappeals in respect to appeals under section 4 of the Act ofFebruary 13, 1925 (43 Stat . 939) .

(b) Sections 239 and 240 of the Judicial Code, as amended, shallapply to cases under this part in the circuit courts of appeals and inthe Court of Claims of the United States to the same extent as to casesin a circuit court of appeals therein referred to .

COMPROMISE

SEC . 413. With a view to doing substantial justice, the AttorneyGeneral is authorized to arbitrate, compromise, or settle any claimcognizable under this part, after the institution of any suit thereon,with the approval of the court in which such suit is pending .

PART 4-PROVISIONS COMMON TO PART 2 AND PART 3

ONE-YEAR STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS

SEC . 420. Every claim against the United States cognizable underthis title shall be forever barred, unless within one year after such claimaccrued or within one year after the date of enactment of this Act,whichever is later, it is presented in writing to the Federal agency outof whose activities it arises, if such claim is for a sum not exceeding$1,000 ; or unless within one year after such claim accrued or withinone year after the date of enactment of this Act, whichever is later,an action is begun pursuant to part 3 of this title. In the event thata claim for a sum not exceeding $1 .000 is presented to a Federal agencyas aforesaid, the time to institute a suit pursuant to part 3 of this titleshall be extended for a period of six months from the date of mailingof notice to the claimant by such Federal agency as to the final dispo-sition of the claim or from the date of withdrawal of the claim fromsuch Federal agency pursuant to section 410 of this title, if it wouldotherwise expire before the end of such period .

EXCEPTIONS

SEC. 421. The provisions of this title shall not apply to-(a) Any claim based upon an act or omission of an employee of the

Government, exercising due care, in the execution of a statute or regu-lation, whether or not such statute or regulation be valid, or based uponthe exercise or performance or the failure to exercise or perform adiscretionary function or duty on the part of a Federal agency or anemployee of the Government, whether or not the discretion involvedbe abused .

(b) Any claim arising out of the loss, miscarriage, or negligenttransmission of letters or postal matter .

(c) Any claim arising in respect of the assessment or collection ofany tax or customs duty, or the detention of any goods or merchandiseby any officer of customs or excise or any other law-enforcement officer .

(d) Any claim for which a remedy is provided by the Act of March9, 1920 (U. S. C., title 46, sets. 741-752, inclusive), or the Act of March3, 1925 (U. S . C., title 46, sees. 781-790, inclusive), relating to claimsor suits in admiralty against the United States .

845

28 U . S . C . °° 723b,723c ; Supp . V, ° 723e.

28 U . 8 . C . ° 226.

36 Stat . 1157 .28 U. S. C . °° 346,

347.

Act, etc., in execu-tion of statute.

Loss of letters, etc .

Assessment of tax,etc.

Suits in admiralty .41 Stat . 525 .46 U. S . C ., Supp .

V, ° 745.43 Stat . 1112.

84640 Stat . 411.50 U. S. 0. app .

°° 1-31 ; Supp . V, ° 3et seq .

Ais'e, pp. 60, 54,182,418; post, pp . 925, 944 .Quarantine.

Injury to vessels,etc .

Assault, etc.

Fiscal operations ofTreasury.

Combatant activi-ties.

Foreign country.TVA .

31 U. S . C ., Supp.V, ° 215 notes et seq .

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(e) Any claim arising out of an act or omission of any employee ofthe Government in administering the provisions of the Trading withthe Enemy Act, as amended .

(f) Any claim for damages caused by the imposition or establish-ment of a quarantine by the United States .

(g) Any claim arising from injury to vessels, or to the cargo, crew,or passengers of vessels, while passing through the locks of the PanamaCanal or while in Canal Zone waters .

(h) Any claim arising out of assault, battery, false imprisonment,false arrest, malicious prosecution, abuse of process, libel, slander,misrepresentation, deceit, or interference with contract rights .

(i) Any claim for damages caused by the fiscal operations of theTreasury or by the regulation of the monetary system .

(j) Any claim arising out of the combatant activities of the mil-itary or naval forces, or the Coast Guard, during time of war .

(k) Any claim arising in a foreign country .(1) Any claim arising from the activities of the Tennessee Valley

Authority .ATTORNEYS) FEES

j

SEC. 422. The court rendering a judgment for the plaintiff pursuantto part 3 of this title, or the head of the Federal agency or his designeemaking an award pursuant to part 2 of this title, or the AttorneyGeneral making a disposition pursuant to section 413 of this title,as the case may be, may, as a part of the judgment, award or settle-ment, determine and allow reasonable attorney's fees, which, if therecovery is $500 or more, shall not exceed 10 per centum of the amountrecovered under part 2, or 20 per centum of the amount recoveredunder part 3, to be paid out of but not in addition to the amount ofjudgment, award, or settlement recovered, to the attorneys represent-ing the claimant. Any attorney who charges, demands, receives, orcollects for services rendered in connection with such claim any amountin excess of that allowed under this section, if recovery be had, shallbe guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction thereof, besubject to a fine of not more than $2,000 or imprisonment for notmore than one year, or both .

EXCLUSIVENESS OF REMEDY

SEC. 423. From and after the date of enactment of this Act, theauthority of any Federal agency to sue and be sued in its own nameshall not be construed to authorize suits against such Federal agencyon claims which are cognizable under part 3 of this title, and theremedies provided by this title in such cases shall be exclusive.

CERTAIN STATUTES INAPPLICABLE

SEC. 424. (a) All provisions of law authorizing any Federal agencyto consider, ascertain, adjust, or determine claims on account of dam-age to or loss of property, or on account of personal injury or death,caused by the negligent or wrongful act or omission of any employeeof the Government while acting within the scope of his office or employ-ment, are hereby repealed in respect of claims cognizable under part 2of this title and accruing on and after January 1, 1945, including, butwithout limitation, the provisions granting such authorization nowcontained in the following lawsPublic Law Numbered 375, Sixty-seventh Congress, approved

December 28, 1922 (42 Stat . 1066 ; U. S. C., title 31, sees . 215-217) .

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Public Law Numbered 267, Sixty-sixth Congress, approved June 5,1920 (41 Stat. 1054 ; U. S. C., title 33, sec . 853) .

Public Law Numbered 481, Seventy-fourth Congress, approvedMarch 20,1936 (49 Stat . 1184 ; U . S . C., title 31, sec . 224b) .

Public Law Numbered 112, as amended, Seventy-eighth Congress,approved July 3, 1943 (57 Stat. 372 ; U. S. C., title 31, sets . 223b, 223c,and 223d) .Public Law Numbered 182, as amended, Sixty-fifth Congress,

approved July 1, 1918 (40 Stat. 705 ; U. S. C., title 34, sec. 600) .Section 4 of Public Law Numbered 18, Sixty-seventh Congress,

approved June 16, 1921 (42 Stat . 63), as amended by Public LawNumbered 456, Seventy-third Congress, approved June 22, 1934(48 Stat. 1207 ; U. S. C., title 31, sec . 224c) .

(b) Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to repeal any pro-vision of law authorizing any Federal agency to consider, ascertain,adjust, settle, determine, or pay any claim on account of damage to orloss of property or on account of personal injury or death, in cases inwhich such damage, loss, injury, or death was not caused by any negli-gent or wrongful act or omission of an employee of the Governmentwhile acting within the scope of his office or employment, or any otherclaim not cognizable under part 2 of this title .

TITLE V-GENERAL BRIDGE ACT

SHORT TITLE

SEC. 501 . This title may be cited as the "General Bridge Act of1946" .

CONSENT OF CONGRESS

SEC. 502. (a) The consent of Congress is hereby granted for theconstruction, maintenance, and operation of bridges and approachesthereto over the navigable waters of the United States, in accordancewith the provisions of this title .

(b) The location and plans for such bridges shall be approved bythe Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of War before constructionis commenced, and, in approving the location and plans of any bridge,they may impose any specific conditions relating to the maintenanceand operation of the structure which they may deem necessary in theinterest of public navigation, and the conditions so imposed shallhave the force of law .

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (b),it shall be unlawful to construct or commence the construction of anyprivately owned highway toll bridge until the location and plansthereof shall also have been submitted to and approved by the highwaydepartment or departments of the State or States in which the bridgeand its approaches are situated ; and where such bridge shall bebetween two or more States and the highway departments thereofshall be unab]e to agree upon the location and plans therefor, or ifthey, or either of them, shall fail or refuse to act upon the location andplans submitted, such location and plans then shall be submitted to thePublic Roads Administration and, if approved by the Public RoadsAdministration, approval by the highway departments shall not berequired .

TOLLS

SEC. 503. If tolls shall be charged for the transit over any inter-state bridge of engines, cars, street cars, wagons, carriages, vehicles,animals, foot passengers, or other passengers, such tolls shall be rea-sonable and just, and the Secretary of War may, at any time, and fromtime to time, prescribe the reasonable rates of toll for such transit over

847

31 U . S . C ., supp „V, ° 224b note .

31 U . S . C ., supp .V, °° 215-217 notes,223b, 223c .Ante, pp . 332, 333 .

Cases not caused bynegligence, etc .

Ante, p. 843.

Construction, etc .

Location and plans .

Privately ownedtoll bridge .

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such bridge, and the rates so prescribed shall be the legal rates andshall be the rates demanded and received for such transit .

ACQUISITION BY PUBLIC AGENCIES

SEC . 504. After the completion of any interstate toll bridge con-structed by an individual, firm, or corporation, as determined by theSecretary of War, either of the States in which the bridge is located,or any public agency or political subdivision of either of such States,within or adjoining which any part of such bridge is located, or anytwo or more of them jointly, may at any time acquire and take overall right, title, and interest in such bridge and its approaches, andany interest in real property for public purposes by condemnation orexpropriation. If at any time after the expiration of five years afterthe completion of such bridge the same is acquired by condemnationor expropriation, the amount of damages or compensation to beallowed shall not include good will, going value, or prospective rev-enues or profits, but shall be limited to the sum of (1) the actual costof constructing such bridge and its approaches, less a reasonable deduc-tion for actual depreciation in value ; (2) the actual costs of acquir-ing such interests in real property ; (3) actual financing and promotioncosts, not to exceed 10 per centum of the sum of the cost of constructingthe bridge and its approaches and acquiring such interests in realproperty ; and (4) actual expenditures for necessary improvements .

STATEMENTS OF COST

SEC. 505. Within ninety days after the completion of a privatelyowned interstate toll bridge, the owner shall file with the Secretary ofWar and with the highway departments of the States in which thebridge is located, a sworn itemized statement showing the actualoriginal cost of constructing the bridge and its approaches, the actualcost of acquiring any interest in real property necessary therefor, andthe actual financing and promotion costs . The Secretary of Warmay, and upon request of a highway department shall, at any timewithin three years after the completion of such bridge, investigate suchcosts and determine the accuracy and the reasonableness of the costsalleged in the statement of costs so filed, and shall make a findingof the actual and reasonable costs of constructing, financing, and pro-moting such bridge . For the purpose of such investigation the saidindividual, firm, or corporation, its successors and assigns, shall makeavailable all of its records in connection with the construction, financ-ing, and promotion thereof. The findings of the Secretary of War asto the reasonable costs of the construction, financing, and promotionof the bridge shall be conclusive for the purposes mentioned in section504 of this title subject only to review in a court of equity for fraudor gross mistake .

SINKING FUND

SEC. 506. If tolls are charged for the use of an interstate bridgeconstructed or taken over or acquired by a State or States or by anymunicipality or other political subdivision or public agency thereof,under the provisions of this title, the rates of toll shall be so adjustedas to provide a fund sufficient to pay for the reasonable cost ofmaintaining, repairing, and operating the bridge and its approachesunder economical management, and to provide a sinking fund sufficientto amortize the amount paid therefor, including reasonable interestand financing cost, as soon as possible under reasonable charges, butwithin a period of not to exceed twenty years from the date of con-structing or acquiring the same . After a sinking fund sufficient for

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such amortization shall have been so provided, such bridge shall there-after be maintained and operated free of tolls . An accurate recordof the amount paid for acquiring the bridge and its approaches, theactual expenditures for maintaining, repairing, and operating thesame, and of the daily tolls collected, shall be kept and shall be avail-able for the information of all persons interested .

APPLICABILITY OF TITLE

SEC . 507. The provisions of this title shall apply only to bridgesover navigable waters of the United States, the construction of whichis hereafter approved under the provisions of this title ; and the pro-visions of the first proviso of section 9 of the Act of March 3, 1899(30 Stat. 1151 ; U. S. C., title 33, sec . 401), and the provisions of theAct entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges overnavigable waters", approved March 23, 1906, shall not apply to suchbridges.

INTERNATIONAL BRIDGES

SEC. 508. This title shall not be construed to authorize the construc-tion of any bridge which will connect the United States, or anyTerritory or possession of the United States, with any foreign country .

EMINENT DOMAIN

SEC . 509. There are hereby conferred upon any individual, his heirs,legal representatives, or assigns, any firm or corporation, its succes-sors or assigns, or any State, political subdivision, or municipalityauthorized in accordance with the provisions of this title to build abridge between two or more States, all such rights and powers toenter upon lands and acquire, condemn, occupy, possess, and use realestate and other property in the respective States needed for thelocation, construction, operation, and maintenance of such bridgeand its approaches, as are possessed by railroad corporations for rail-road purposes or by bridge corporations for bridge purposes in theState in which such real estate or other property is situated, upon mak-ing just compensation therefor to be ascertained and paid according tothe laws of such State, and the proceedings therefor shall be the sameas in the condemnation or expropriation of property for public pur-poses in such State .

PENALTIES

SEC. 510. Any person who fails or refuses to comply with any law-ful order of the Secretary of War or the Chief of Engineers issuedunder the provisions of this title, or who fails to comply with anyspecific condition imposed by the Chief of Engineers and the Secretaryof War relating to the maintenance and operation of bridges, or whorefuses to produce books, papers, or documents in obedience to a sub-pena or other lawful requirement under this title, or who otherwiseviolates any provisions of this title, shall, upon conviction thereof,be punished by a fine of not to exceed $5,000 or by imprisonmentfor not more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment .

RIGHTS RESERVED

SEC. 511. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this title is herebyexpressly reserved as to any and all bridges which may be builtunder authority hereof .

80634 1-47-PT. 1-54

849

34 Stat. 84 .33 U . S . C . °° 491-

498.

850

Expense allowance.

Repeal .59 Stat . 244.2 U . S . C ., Supp . V,

° 31a.

Repeal .Ante, p . 386 .

56 Stat . 147 .5 U . S . C ., Supp . V,

° 693(a) .Aate, p . 659.

46 Stat . 470 .5 U . S . C . ° 693 ;

Supp. V, ° 693.

Notice in writing.

Required deposit.

46 Stat 475.5 U. S . C . ° 736b;

Supp . V, ° 736b .

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TITLE VI-COMPENSATION AND RETIREMENT PAY OFMEMBERS OF CONGRESS

COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS

SEC . 601. (a) Effective on the day on which the Eightieth Con-gress convenes, the compensation of Senators, Representatives inCongress, Delegates from the Territories, and the Resident Com-missioner from Puerto Rico shall be at the rate of $12,500 per annumeach ; and the compensation of the Speaker of the House of Repre-sentatives and the Vice President of the United States shall be atthe rate of $20,000 per annum each .

(b) Effective on the day on which the Eightieth Congress con-venes there shall be paid to each Senator, Representative in Con-gress, Delegate from the Territories, Resident Commissioner fromPuerto Rico, an expense allowance of $2,500 per annum to assist indefraying expenses relating to, or resulting from the discharge of hisofficial duties, for which no tax liability shall incur, or accounting bemade ; such sum to be paid in equal monthly installments.

(c) The sentence contained in the Legislative Branch Appropri-ation Act, 1946, which reads as follows : "There shall be paid to eachRepresentative and Delegate, and to the Resident Commissioner fromPuerto Rico, after January 2, 1945, an expense allowance of $2,500per annum to assist in defraying expenses related to or resulting fromthe discharge of his official duties, to he paid in equal monthlyinstallments .", is hereby repealed, effective on the day on whichthe Eightieth Congress convenes .

(d) The sentence contained in the Legislative Branch Appropri-ation Act, 1947, which reads as follows : "There shall be paid to eachSenator after January 1, 1946, an expense allowance of $2,500 perannum to assist in defraying expenses related to or resulting fromthe discharge of his official duties, to be paid in equal monthlyinstallments.", is hereby repealed, effective on the day on which theEightieth Congress convenes .

RETIREMENT PAY OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS

SEC. 602. (a) Section 3 (a) of the Civil Service Retirement Actof May 29, 1930, as amended, is amended by inserting after thewords "elective officers" the words "in the executive branch of theGovernment" .

(b) Such Act as amended, is further amended by adding aftersection 3 the following new section"SEC. 3A. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act-" (1) This Act shall not apply to any Member of Congress until

lie gives notice in writing, while serving as a Member of Congress,to the disbursing officer by whom his salary is paid of his desire tocome within the purview of this Act . Such notice may be givenby a Member of Congress within six months after the date of enact-ment of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 or within sixmonths after any date on which he takes an oath of office as aMember of Congress.

"(2) In the case of any Member of Congress who gives noticeof his desire to come within the purview of this Act, the amountrequired to be deposited for the purposes of section 9 with respectto services rendered after the date of enactment of the LegislativeReorganization Act of 1946, shall be a sum equal to 6 per centumof his basic salary, pay, or compensation for such services, together

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with interest computed at the rate of 4 per centum per annum com-pounded on December 31 of each year ; and the amount to bededucted and withheld from the basic salary, pay, or compensationof each such Member of Congress for the purposes of section 10shall be a sum equal to 6 per centum of such basic salary, pay, orcompensation .

"(3) No person shall be entitled to receive an annuity as pro-vided in this section until he shall have become separated from theservice after having had at least six years of service as a Memberof Congress and have attained the age of sixty-two years, exceptthat any such Member who shall have had at least five years ofservice as a Member of Congress, may, subject to the provisionsof section 6 and of paragraph (4) of this section, be retired fordisability, irrespective of age, and be paid an annuity computed inaccordance with paragraph (5) of this section .

"(4) No Member of Congress shall be entitled to receive an annuityunder this Act unless there shall have been deducted and withheldfrom his basic salary, pay, or compensation for the last five years ofhis service as a Member of Congress, or there shall have been depositedunder section 9 with respect to such last five years of service, theamounts specified in paragraph (2) of this section with respect to somuch of such five years of service as was performed after the date ofenactment of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 and theamounts specified in section 9 with respect to so much of such five yearsof service as was performed prior to such date ."(5) Subject to the provisions of section 9 and of subsections (c)

and (d) of section 4, the annuity of a Member of Congress shall be anamount equal to 21/2 per centum of his average annual basic salary,pay, or compensation as a Member of Congress multiplied by his yearsof service as a Member of Congress, but no such annuity shall exceedan amount equal to three-fourths of the salary, pay, or compensationthat he is receiving at the time he becomes separated from the service .

"(6) In the case of a Member of Congress who becomes separatedfrom the service before he completes an aggregate of six years ofservice as a Member of Congress, and who is not retired for disability,the total amount deducted from his basic salary, pay, or compensa-tion as a Member of Congress, together with interest at 4 per centumcompounded as of December 31 of each year shall be returned to suchMember of Congress. No such Member of Congress shall thereafterbecome eligible to receive an annuity as provided in this section unlessthe amounts so returned are redeposited with interest at 4 per centumcompounded on December 31 of each year, but interest shall not berequired covering any period of separation from the service .

,4 (7) If any person takes office as a Member of Congress whilereceiving an annuity as provided in this section, the payment of suchannuity shall be suspended during the period for which lie holds suchoffice ; but, if lie gives notice as provided in paragraph (2) of this sec-tion, his service as a Member of Congress during such period shall becredited in determining the amount of his subsequent annuity .

"(8) Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to preventany person eligible therefor from simultaneously receiving an annuitycomputed in accordance with this section and' an annuity computedin accordance with section 4, but in computing the annuity under sec-tion 4 in the case of any person who (A) has had at least six years'service as a Member of Congress, and (B) has served as a Memberof Congress at any time after the date of enactment of the LegislativeReorganization Act of 1946, service as a Member of Congress shall notbe credited.

851

46 Stat . 475 .5 U . S . C . °° 719,

721, 722, Supp . V,° 719 .

Years of service ; age.

Disability.

46 Stat . 472 .5 U . S . C . °° 710-

714 ; Supp . V, °° 713,714 .

Deduetionsfromsalary, etc .

46 Stat . 475.5 U . S . C . ° 736b ;

Supp. V, ° 736b.

Amount of annuity .Su pra .53 Stat . 1201 .5 U . S . C . ° 698 (c),

(d) .

Refunds .

Annuitant takingoffice as :Member ofCongress .

46 Stat . 471 .5 U . S, C . °° 699,

706 ; Supp . V, °° 693,706 .

852Automatic separa-

tion.

"Member of Con-gress ."

"Service as a Mem-ber of Congress ."

Summit Lime Co.,Calif .Release of title to

railroad lands .

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"(9) No provision of this or any other Act relating to automaticseparation from the service shall be applicable to any Member ofCongress.

"(10) As used in this section, the term `Member of Congress' meansa Senator, Representative in Congress, Delegate from a Territory, orthe Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico ; and the term `serviceas a Member of Congress' shall include the period from the date of thebeginning of the term for which a Member of Congress is elected orappointed to the date on which he takes office as such a Member ."Approved August 2, 1946.

[CHAPTER 754]August 2, 1946

AN ACT[S . 1235] To authorize the use of the funds of any tribe of Indians for insurance premiums .

[Public Law 602]Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the

United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled"An Act authorizing the use of the funds of any tribe of Indians forpayments of insurance premiums for protection of the property of the

25 U . S . C . ° 123a. tribe against fire, theft, tornado, and hail", approved April 13, 1926(44 Stat. 242), is amended to read as follows :

Indian funds,

"That hereafter the funds of any tribe of Indians under the controluse for insurance

ypremiums. of the United States may be used for payments of insurance premiums

for protection of the property of the tribe against fire, theft, tornado,hail, earthquake, or other elements and forces of nature, and for pro-tection against liability on account of injuries or damages to personsor property and other like claims."Approved August 2, 1946 .

[CHAPTER 755]August 2,1946

AN ACT[S .1602]

To confirm title to certain railroad-grant lands located in the county of Kern,[Public Law 603]

State of California.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f theUnited States o f America in Congress assembled, That all right,title, and interest of the United States in and to the land hereinafterdescribed, which was patented by the United States to the SouthernPacific Railroad Company on December 1, 1891, recorded at fernCounty, California, January 15, 1892, and is now held and occupied bythe Summit Lime Company, a California corporation, as successor ininterest of the said railroad company through successive conveyances,and as grantee in a quitclaim deed from the said company executedDecember 21, 1937, is hereby released, relinquished, and confirmed tothe said Summit Lime Company, the said land, situate, lying, andbeing in the east half of section 21, township 32 south, range 33 east,Mount Diablo base line and meridian, county of Kern, State of Cali-fornia, described as follows

Commencing at a point in the west line of the east half of saidsection 21, distant fifty feet northerly measured at right angles fromthe center line of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company's eastwardmain tract ; thence south eighty degrees twenty-three minutes eastparallel with said center line a distance of one hundred and thirty-six and three-tenths feet to the point of beginning of the parcel ofland to be described ; thence continuing south eighty degrees twenty-three minutes east parallel with said center line a distance of twohundred and sixty feet ; thence north nine degrees thirty-seven